Posted on Jun 8, 2021
The backstreet San Francisco tech firm that triggered a worldwide internet freakout
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In the early morning hours on Tuesday 8 June, thanks to an obscure, San Francisco-based cloud computing firm housed between an ancient scuba diving shop and an only slightly less-ancient US post office, pretty much the entire internet ground to a halt.
The alarm was sounded quickly. More than 20,000 users on Reddit reported problems. Another 2,000 or so said Amazon-related services were having hiccups. Soon came, of course, an official hashtag emerged, #InternetShutdown, as did the meta social media commentary from brands trying to ride the wave of general internet chaos, like candy bar maker KitKat, who told users, “Guess it’s time to Have A Break”.
Companies and governments ranging from PayPal and Amazon, Etsy and Pinterest, the New York Times and CNN, the official gov.uk websites – they all were down. All told, thousands of entities around the world were affected.
The alarm was sounded quickly. More than 20,000 users on Reddit reported problems. Another 2,000 or so said Amazon-related services were having hiccups. Soon came, of course, an official hashtag emerged, #InternetShutdown, as did the meta social media commentary from brands trying to ride the wave of general internet chaos, like candy bar maker KitKat, who told users, “Guess it’s time to Have A Break”.
Companies and governments ranging from PayPal and Amazon, Etsy and Pinterest, the New York Times and CNN, the official gov.uk websites – they all were down. All told, thousands of entities around the world were affected.
The backstreet San Francisco tech firm that triggered a worldwide internet freakout
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Eventually a culprit was discovered: Fastly. The cloud-computing firm helps power the back end of numerous high-profile websites by delivering content across servers around the world.
The company is based in the downtown San Francisco neighbourhood of South Beach, a windswept pocket just west of the GIants baseball stadium. The area is home to the usual discordant mix of post-industrial downtown staples: a crossfit gym, tech companies seemingly named with a random syllable generator, a few seedy apartment buildings that managed to survive gentrification.
Eventually a culprit was discovered: Fastly. The cloud-computing firm helps power the back end of numerous high-profile websites by delivering content across servers around the world.
The company is based in the downtown San Francisco neighbourhood of South Beach, a windswept pocket just west of the GIants baseball stadium. The area is home to the usual discordant mix of post-industrial downtown staples: a crossfit gym, tech companies seemingly named with a random syllable generator, a few seedy apartment buildings that managed to survive gentrification.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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CPT (Join to see) My Experiences in the San Francisco Metro have definitely been "Interesting" to say the Least. Where I would go from to an AFB to Leave the Continental US to Begin My Career as a Spook. When I would start a 3 Day Chase of a Submarine from.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - Love the Bay Area/San Francisco/Silicon Valley area. And —-> spent plenty of quality USAR time @ Hamilton Army Airfield, the Presidio of San Francisco and Camp Parks.
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