Online banking and entertainment sites hit by outage

Airbnb, the PlayStation Network and Steam also experienced the temporary glitch, with some showing users a DNS error

Websites of many UK online banking services, as well as ITV, Waitrose, Airbnb, and the PlayStation Network among those affected (Adam Peck/PA)

The websites of HSBC, ITV and Waitrose were among a widespread outage which briefly caused disruption on Thursday afternoon.

Major online banking services – including Barclays, TSB, the Bank of Scotland, Tesco Bank and Sainsbury’s Bank – were either entirely or partially inaccessible for a short period.