New York (CNN Business) A sweeping internet disruption on Thursday briefly took out a wide range of major corporate websites — from FedEx and Delta Air Lines to HSBC and McDonald's. Akamai AKAM Oracle ORCL The outages coincided with reports of system disruptions fromand, two key providers of internet infrastructure servicesOracle said Thursday afternoon that its outage was the result of Akamai's service disruption. "We are monitoring a global issue related to a partner Edge DNS that is impacting access to many internet resources, including Oracle cloud properties," Oracle said. Akamai's Edge DNS service helps route web browsers to their correct destinations and also provides a security service.

Source: CNN July 22, 2021 16:55 UTC