Downdetector only reports an incident when.
It is common for some problems to be reported throughout the day. This heat map shows where user-submitted problem reports are concentrated over the past 24 hours. It’s unlikely that it was the result of an external attack. Whatsapp allows users to send and receive messages, photos, and other information and is considered an alternative to text messages or SMS. Security experts say the outage was likely triggered by a “configuration error” resulting from an internal mistake, although it’s theoretically possible an employee could have tampered purposefully with the system. The issue appears to be linked to the Domain Name System, which translates domain names to IP addresses and stopped directing users to the correct website, according to Reuters. 4 outage appeared to be occurring primarily in urban areas, and even extended to Facebook employees themselves, who reportedly weren’t able to enter company buildings with their badges. Users started reporting outages around 11:45am eastern time, according to the tracking site Downdetector, prompting Facebook to issue a message that it was “working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.” 4), with hundreds of thousands of users reportedly unable to access WhatsApp and Instagram, in addition to Facebook itself. Major social media platforms owned by Facebook are all experiencing outages today (Oct.
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