internet outage

Widespread internet outages were reported across the northeast Tuesday morning, with tens of thousands of customers reporting a lack of access.

A widespread disruption caused severe outages for some of the world’s biggest websites on Thursday afternoon – and it was all caused by a software update gone horribly wrong. DownDetector.com showed a sharp and simultaneous spike in outage reports for prominent travel, retail, financial and gaming websites globally. In most cases, the spike in outage reports appeared to start...

Some of the biggest and busiest websites in the world went dark for about an hour Tuesday morning, and it all traces back to an outage at a single Bay Area company. Raj Mathai and Scott Budman break it down.

Some of the biggest, most-used websites in the world went dark Tuesday morning and it all traces back to an outage at a single Bay Area company you probably never heard of. Scott Budman reports.

Thousands of people in the South Bay lost cell service and internet at home for most of the day as crewds digging in Morgan Hill cut all stems from a fiber line affecting businesses, schools and even 911 operations. Ian Cull reports.

A cut fiber line at a construction site triggered a massive internet and cell phone outage for Verizon and Spectrum customers in Morgan Hill Wednesday.

An internet and phone outage in Morgan Hill impacted incoming 911 calls Wednesday. Marianne Favro reports.

A widespread internet outage hit the South Bay on Wednesday, forcing many working or taking classes from home to head outdoors and search for a WiFi hotspot.

A widespread internet outage hit the South Bay on Wednesday, forcing many working or taking classes from home to head outdoors and search for a WiFi hotspot. Scott Budman reports.

Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organizers confirmed on Sunday that the Games had come under a cyber attack during Friday’s opening ceremony. The internet and television services were affected by the hack. The organizers wouldn’t reveal the source of the attack, which they said, did not affect critical parts of their operations, Reuters reported. “Maintaining secure operations is our purpose,” said International...

Pyeongchang Olympic organizers are investigating a possible attack on their internet and Wi-Fi systems that took place about 45 minutes before the opening ceremony. Organizing committee spokeswoman Nancy Park said the defense ministry and a cybersecurity team were investigating the outage that occurred Friday night. “It didn’t affect the opening ceremony,” Park said. “It went as planned. We just had...

A construction crew severed a cable in San Francisco’s South of Market on Monday, taking out internet service in parts of the neighborhood.

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