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Internet outage shows the need for resilience
Experts say Fastly disruption could prompt firms, govts to review their redundancy options
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Cyber attack or not, Tuesday's Internet outage has revealed the vulnerabilities of websites and services large and small, as well as the potential pitfalls of the increasing centralisation of Internet infrastructure.
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For about an hour on Tuesday evening, it seemed like large parts of the Internet had simply broken down.
Many major websites were left inaccessible after technical issues hit cloud computing company Fastly, which operates a content delivery network (CDN) with more than 80 data centres around the world.
