US Airlines and Australian Financial Institutions Websites Down... Some Restored (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suhwan] The websites of major U.S. airlines, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Australian financial institutions were temporarily inaccessible for unknown reasons. Some sites have since been restored. This incident occurred just one week after the global major news outlets' websites experienced downtime.

According to foreign media such as Financial Review on the 17th, the websites of major U.S. airlines, Australian financial institutions and exchanges, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange were temporarily down.

Specifically, among U.S. airlines, the websites of American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines were inaccessible for a short period.

These websites have now been restored.

Additionally, the website of Morgan Stanley's subsidiary E*TRADE and the Navy Federal Credit Union were also down.

Furthermore, servers of three of Australia's four major banks were down. Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, and Westpac were affected, and it is reported that access to these companies' applications is currently unavailable.

Besides these, the websites of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Macquarie Bank, and Virgin Australia Airlines were also down.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange's website was also temporarily inaccessible but has now been restored.