If there's something strange in Symantec's neighborhood, who you gonna call? Not Broadcom, it seems: Systems go down, cut off customers

If there's something strange in Symantec's neighborhood, who you gonna call? Not Broadcom, it seems: Systems go down, cut off customers

And now back on their feet after global two-hour wobble


Symantec customers, or rather Broadcom customers these days, were taken offline for a while on Wednesday when the security service's data centers around the planet went down.


The Web Security Service (WSS) platform, acquired when Broadcom hoovered much of Symantec's operations last year, sells web-based site and file scanning for businesses. It is also integrated with some network appliances to provide patches and updates.


Broadcom reported on its status page that WSS facilities across all regions went down for about two hours between 1542 UTC and 1742 today.


"We are aware of multiple data centers located around the world currently having connectivity issues," Bro, er, Symantec ..

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