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Widespread internet outage knocks major sites and services offline (Updated)

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Why This Matters

The recent widespread internet outage highlights the vulnerability of major online infrastructure and the importance of robust mitigation strategies. As cloud services and essential platforms face disruptions, it underscores the need for improved resilience and contingency planning in the tech industry to ensure reliable access for consumers and businesses alike.

Key Takeaways

Update, June 22, 2026 (2:01 PM ET): Cloudflare shares that its mitigation efforts are now successfully addressing “the majority of congestion and packet drops.” Hopefully this means that the internet is now more or less back to normal for most of you.

Original article, June 22, 2026 (10:43 AM ET): Like so many of us every Monday morning, trying to shake off the weekend and get our heads back into the workweek ahead of us, today the internet itself is having a bit of a rough go of things. We just shared with you that Reddit users were running into trouble accessing their favorite site, but as we pull back a little, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we’re looking at a much more widespread internet outage.