Websites including the FT, Guardian, CNN, Reddit, gov.uk and the New York Times among others are currently unavailable
- Reddit, Twitch, Amazon, HBO, CNN, NY Times, Etsy, PayPal, Hulu, Fandom, AWS, Twitter, Target, Imgur, StackOverflow, Fubo, Spotify and Quora are among the notable names which use Fastly
Reaction details (11:23)
- Note, we have seen pressure in the equity space following these outages with associated upside across core debt peers with Bunds Sep'21 eclipsing the 172.00 mark and USTs hitting session highs as focus across markets and currently functioning media intensifies around these outages.
- However, bear in mind that at this point in time we typically see the entry of US players to the market which could also be factoring into the recent moves in risk sentiment particularly as the session has been a relatively quiet one with focus for the week very much on Thursday's key events
Analysis details (11:05)
- Fastly (FSLY), a content delivery network, which is used by a number of these sites is currently experiencing issues and may explain the outages
- Additionally of note, Downdetector reports issues with Amazon Web Services
- The following tweet attributes the multiple outages to Fastly
08 Jun 2021 - 11:03- Fixed Income- Source: Newswires
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