Internet outages briefly disrupt access to websites, apps

Internet outages hit Hong Kong's stock exchange, Australian lenders and central bank

A wave of brief internet outages hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe on June 17. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange said in a post on Twitter on June 17 afternoon Hong Kong time that its site was facing technical issues and that it was investigating. It said in another post 17 minutes later that its websites were back to normal. Internet monitoring websites including ThousandEyes, Downdetector.com and fing.com showed dozens of disruptions, including to U.S.-based airlines.