Yes sorry, it seems to have been an attack on the network that caused global access problems. As regions gradually came back online it seemed that Australasia and specific regions were affected for a much longer period. This may or may not have something to do with the source of the attack, but no doubt that is being investigated at an ownership level. As you will appreciate it is significantly beyond the moderation of the site, but I hope this helps explain the basic reasons for the outages.