Global Internet Outage Takes Down Sites, Streamers

The Verge reports:

Reports indicate a slew of popular websites and online services are experiencing outages today, seemingly linked to an issue with Cloudflare. DownDetector, a platform that tracks connectivity complaints, shows that some of the services impacted include the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.

The platform suggests there was a knock-on effect with many popular video games, such as FIFA, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto V, Destiny, Apex Legends and Valorant.

Discord, PayPal, CenturyLink, Electronic Arts (EA), Riot Games, and Hulu are also experiencing issues, according to incident reports via DownDetector.

The Associated Press reports:

CenturyLink customers across the country are waking up to no internet Sunday. According to CenturyLink, technicians are working now to resolve an IP outage. At this time, it is unclear how widespread the outage is, although according to a CenturyLink outage map, the issue appears to be affecting customers across the country.

PSA: CenturyLink outage takes down Amazon, Hulu, Playstation Network, etc for many users https://t.co/moQAHtgtoj by @bradleychambers

— 9to5Mac.com (@9to5mac) August 30, 2020

? We’re currently investigating a global third-party network outage which is preventing some users from accessing the site.

— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) August 30, 2020

Slight outage… pic.twitter.com/boazcYtKhM

— Robert O’Brien (@obrun26) August 30, 2020

Cloudflare — an internet service that is supposed to keep websites up and running — went down, taking dozens of websites and online services along with it https://t.co/zgiGYxY9n6

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 30, 2020