It would make sense why their state/possibly county govts use them for their internet solutions. Perhaps the systems were maybe connected to a network that was trough Akamai and it was an attack on the data centers so they could try and destroy data?
AFAIK Akamai is a highly specialized company for caching web-content for large content providers. This does not sound like they have a lot of leverage.
I mentioned this earlier but I found this interesting:
In PA's example, their state website is hosted through a company called Akamai Technologies, and they partner with AT&T (https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/news/press/2020-press/akamai-and-att-extend-relationship-through-2023.jsp). CEO of Akamai Technologies: "Professor Leighton has served on numerous governmental, industrial and academic committees. From 2003-05, he served as Chair of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee on Cyber Security." (https://math.mit.edu/directory/profile.php?pid=144)
It would make sense why their state/possibly county govts use them for their internet solutions. Perhaps the systems were maybe connected to a network that was trough Akamai and it was an attack on the data centers so they could try and destroy data?
AFAIK Akamai is a highly specialized company for caching web-content for large content providers. This does not sound like they have a lot of leverage.