Article 5XC6D Australia internet outage: 15,000 major news and government websites affected by .au error

Australia internet outage: 15,000 major news and government websites affected by .au error

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Josh Taylor
from World news | The Guardian on (#5XC6D)

Exact cause of issue which left many users unable to access sites for an hour is under investigation

More than 15,000 Australian websites, including major news sites and government department pages, were taken offline by a major outage on Tuesday.

An error in the Domain Name System, often referred to as the phonebook of the internet, blocked people reaching some .au websites, with the exact cause of the problem under investigation.

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