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Backbone router setup mistake caused worldwide Facebook outage
Around 11:50 p.m. CEST on Monday, Facebook's global outage was mostly resolved. After over six hours, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger are back online. The failure was caused by an improper update setting, the company claims.
During the downtime, almost 3.5 billion users lost access to their data. By Monday night, Facebook's services had gradually returned. Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp are now working for most. The apps may still be unreliable in the future due to simultaneous connections from several devices. Around 4 a.m., WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart announced on Twitter that everyone could use the service again.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized via Facebook. "Sorry for any inconvenience today, because I know how much you rely on us to keep in touch with the people you care about."
Facebook said the incident occurred while updating its systems. Facebook's router system has a bug that prevented servers from communicating. "We suspect the reason of the outage was a bad configuration," the business claimed. Facebook says it has no indications that data has also been leaked due to the outage. The problems also prevented employees from accessing the internal systems.
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#5951698 Posted on: 10/04/2021 10:47 PM
I don't mind it being down but whatsapp is like the #1 way to communicate with people now.
Actually had to endure an hour long call with my gf instead of ignoring her, yikes.
I don't mind it being down but whatsapp is like the #1 way to communicate with people now.
Actually had to endure an hour long call with my gf instead of ignoring her, yikes.
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#5951700 Posted on: 10/04/2021 10:48 PM
Looking more like catastrophic failure, my hunch tells me this could take more than a few days to resolve
Looking more like catastrophic failure, my hunch tells me this could take more than a few days to resolve
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#5951701 Posted on: 10/04/2021 10:52 PM
Facebook and social media are not cancer or some evil devices that make the world worse, they are just a reflex of our current society...
And i can say this without any problem because i don´t use any social media, maybe with the exception of Guru3d!
cancer is a reflex of current society too. the materials we use to create things, pollute the air, smoking tobacco etc.
facebook is a blight on the land, it spreads more misinformation than actual real info. it was so bad twitter decided to fact check everything on the website because of the spillover info.
Facebook and social media are not cancer or some evil devices that make the world worse, they are just a reflex of our current society...
And i can say this without any problem because i don´t use any social media, maybe with the exception of Guru3d!
cancer is a reflex of current society too. the materials we use to create things, pollute the air, smoking tobacco etc.
facebook is a blight on the land, it spreads more misinformation than actual real info. it was so bad twitter decided to fact check everything on the website because of the spillover info.
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#5951709 Posted on: 10/04/2021 11:04 PM
I don't mind it being down but whatsapp is like the #1 way to communicate with people now.
Actually had to endure an hour long call with my gf instead of ignoring her, yikes.
you sir sound like my friend, except im his excuse for not have to talk to her (wife) cause he calls me and text her that he talking to me. with what ever the app of month is with her for chating. she think it make it so she cant be tracked.
I don't mind it being down but whatsapp is like the #1 way to communicate with people now.
Actually had to endure an hour long call with my gf instead of ignoring her, yikes.
you sir sound like my friend, except im his excuse for not have to talk to her (wife) cause he calls me and text her that he talking to me. with what ever the app of month is with her for chating. she think it make it so she cant be tracked.
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Very convenient after some whistleblower put a dent in their shares