Facebook Down

[DSMCy]

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all went down this morning.

I'm far from a network guy, but looking through twitter responses, their DNS is completely gone, almost as if the sites never existed.

Get the "good, won't miss them" jokes out now but from a cyber security standpoint, this is pretty significant.

 

[NoCreativity]

I don't blame them after the 60 minutes episode last night. That place is a dumpster fire, profit over morality.

 

[DSMCy]

I don't blame them after the 60 minutes episode last night. That place is a dumpster fire, profit over morality.

Yah the timing is very interesting.

 

[everyyard]

They are likely scrubbing their sites due to pending lawsuit that is coming. Good riddance, wish it was permanent.

 

[KnappShack]

Burn in hell

 

[cyfan92]

It's because of pending litigation and the 60 minutes episode last night. No way it's anything else

Company stock is down 15%+ on the month and almost 6% today

 

[Cyched]

I don't blame them after the 60 minutes episode last night. That place is a dumpster fire, profit over morality.

Between the pandemic and the election, I’ve been on the verge of deleting FB the past couple years, but couldn’t quite get myself to do it. Think last night’s whistleblower was the affirmation I needed to finally take the dive.

 

[isufbcurt]

I wish they'd get Instagram back up, I miss scrolling through the 3/4's naked females I follow. I'm starting to get anxious.

 

[Brandon]

Has everything to do with the whistleblower

 

[SolarGarlic]

Between the pandemic and the election, I’ve been on the verge of deleting FB the past couple years, but couldn’t quite get myself to do it. Think last night’s whistleblower was the affirmation I needed to finally take the dive.

I deleted it a couple months ago. I didn't notice its absence after about a week. It's surprising how easily you can get rid of that habit when it isn't on the home screen of your phone. I love social media, especially Twitter and Reddit, but Facebook was no longer useful or interesting.

 

[Rural]

Evidence destroying.

 

[GBlade]

Reddit user "ramenporn" has been providing updates. Account just got deleted though...

He just deleted all his updates. user: https://old.reddit.com/user/ramenporn som... | Hacker News

news.ycombinator.com

 

[Drew0311]

What did the 60 minutes episode expose? I missed it

 

[CloneinWDSM]

They can take FB, but I need IG and whatsapp back

 

[cyphoon]

How does someone from outside FB nuke the DNS records for the entire domain? Sounds like something that should be impossible.

H

 

[Gonzo]

Holy crap the withdrawal that all those people who spend and share their entire lives on FB are going to go through will be glorious, hope it lasts at least a little while.

 

[isucy86]

What did the 60 minutes episode expose? I missed it

Basically that FB put profits ahead of user's well being. FB internal research discovered that people prefer dumpster fire to blah, blah information. Not really much insight- why else was NASCAR popular? People love crashes, not cars running in circles!!

IMO a bit hypocritical coming from a network News organization.

 

[FerShizzle]

Womp womp

 

[Cloneon]

How does someone from outside FB nuke the DNS records for the entire domain? Sounds like something that should be impossible.

H

If I had a nickel for the number of times I've found holes in systems (including my own) .... well you know the rest.

 

[FerShizzle]

Evidence destroying.

Seems suspiciously close in timing to the whistleblower evidence that just came forth. Bet Zucks sold some stocks earlier this morning.