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TECHNOLOGYMay 6 · 12:30 UTCTHE REGISTER

It's always DNS: Denic says sorry for crashing Germany's internet

Denic, the registry for Germany's .de top-level domain, resolved a DNS blunder that crashed Germany's internet on Tuesday evening. The issue was related to Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and faulty DNSSEC signatures. Hundreds of thousands of domains were affected, including major websites such as Amazon and eBay.

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