Asus explains what caused mass router outage

San Francisco: After receiving reports of mass router outages globally, Taiwanese tech giant Asus has finally explained the cause, stating that the outage was caused by “an error in the configuration of our server settings file”.

Users of Asus routers recently reported that their devices suddenly froze up without any apparent reason and, after restarting repeatedly, suddenly stopped working because the device’s memory ran out, reports Ars Technica.

Later, the company answered the calls for help.

“During routine security maintenance, our technical team discovered an error in the configuration of our server settings file, which could potentially cause an interruption in network connectivity on part of the routers,” Asus said.