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3.6 Million Websites Went Offline Due To a Fire: Decentralization Prevents Thatby@TheLoneroFoundation
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3.6 Million Websites Went Offline Due To a Fire: Decentralization Prevents That

by Andrew Magdy Kamal1mMarch 20th, 2021
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Recently, the cloud computing company and hosting provider OVH has had a fire that caused nearly 3.6 million websites to go offline. Some of the websites effected was a government site for the French government, and even a cryptocurrency exchange. According to Reuters, many of those sites were told to, "activate their disaster recovery plans following the blaze."
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