Glitch causes brief internet disruption in Japan, other nations

A system glitch caused the websites of some businesses in Japan, the United States and Europe to be temporarily difficult to access on Thursday, but the problem was solved within an hour, U.S. firm Akamai Technologies Inc. said, ruling out the possibility of a cyberattack.The internet disruption occurred in the early hours of Friday local time in Japan as the country braces for the official start of the Tokyo Olympics, with the opening ceremony scheduled later in the day amid high alert for possible cyberattacks.The problem arose as "a software configuration update triggered a bug in the DN…READ FULL ARTICLE