Banking, train services hit by internet disruption

ASP.NET again?

Both companies said the trouble was caused by temporary instability in the flow of data.....

I looking forward to finding out just what that means.

Sounds very bad.

Both companies said the trouble was caused by temporary instability in the flow of data

The cause is caused by the symptom, makes total sense!

Both companies said the trouble was caused by temporary instability in the flow of data

It obviously meant "Both companies said the trouble was temporary instability in the flow of data"

Hardware failure ? I could still access the internet, but could not login to rakuten securities nor SBI for some time.... So something pretty weird happened. Overseas issue - a certificate issuing authority... there's a lot of $ at stake here, so something needs to be done, and those causing the problem be held to account, likewise something needs to be done in order to avoid a future occurrence.

BTW SBI recovered hours before Rakuten... So I wonder if an external cause - other than a NK hack attack - was really behind the disruption, or should we be looking at NTT's control over the communications market .

NK does not need to nuke a county; it simply needs to target the unprotected and undefended transpacific communications pipelines. When 21st society cannot access its digital money to pay for food, fuel etc it will turn nasty very quickly and those nations who rely heavily on technology will be severely damaged. Japan will not escape this even though at consumer level it is a cash society, that cash is digital at some point, from the employers bank account to the employees it is digital.