Internet outage around the world

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Updated 18.25 | Published 18.14

 

Microsoft's cloud service Azure has problems. Archive image. Photo: Jason Redmond/AP/TT

Parts of the internet are down. The reason is problems with Microsoft's cloud service Azure, whose infrastructure runs many sites and services.

According to Microsoft's site, the problem began at 5 pm Swedish time, but no forecast for when the problem might be resolved is given.

Among the services affected are the Office suite, the game Minecraft and Xbox live.

Swedish sites such as Systembolaget and SAS also seem to have problems. 

Internet outage reported – sites unavailable

The world seems to have suffered yet another internet outage. Users on the Downdetector site are reporting problems accessing a number of sites.

Microsoft's cloud service Azure reports that they have suffered technical problems and according to users on Downdetector, Amazon's cloud service AWS has also been affected.

When these systems suffered technical problems just under two weeks ago, it led to a global and widespread internet outage.

The extent of Wednesday night's disruption is still unknown, but Swedish websites such as Systembolaget, SAS and SJ cannot be reached. International sites such as Minecraft and Starbucks are also down.

Internethaveri rapporteras – sajter går inte att nå

Världen tycks ha drabbats av ytterligare ett internethaveri. Användare på sajten Downdetector rapporterar problem med att komma in på en rad sajter.

Microsofts molntjänst Azure rapporterar att de har drabbats av tekniska problem och enligt användare på Downdetector har även Amazons molntjänst AWS drabbats.

När dessa system drabbades av tekniska problem för knappt två veckor sedan ledde det till ett globalt och omfattande internethaveri.

Omfattningen av onsdagskvällens störningar är ännu okänd, men svenska hemsidor som Systembolaget, SAS och SJ går inte att nå. Även internationella sajter som Minecraft och Starbucks ligger nere.