Numerous websites briefly go down in widespread outage
Major websites went down Thursday in what appeared to be a brief but widespread outage.
The websites of Airbnb, AT&T, HSBC bank, British Airways and the PlayStation network, showed error messages around midday Eastern time in the US, but appeared to be operating normally around 45 minutes later.
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Major websites were down for Thursday, July 22, in what appeared to be a brief but widespread outage. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) AP
Akamai, a major behind-the-scenes internet network company, said the disruption lasted about an hour and that it was due to a software update in the system that directs browsers to websites.
It said there was no cyberattack.
The company said it was reviewing how it updates software to try to prevent outages in the future.
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