The configuration changes to the backbone routers, a team of engineers at Facebook said in a statement, caused a global social outage lasting nearly 7 hours:
“The configuration changes in the backbone routers, which are responsible for coordinating network traffic between our datacenters, resulted in issues that interrupted communications. services have stopped working. “
Facebook assured that a large-scale disruption in the functioning of this social network on Monday, as well as Instagram and WhatsApp, did not lead to the disclosure of user data. RIA News… The press service of the company, as informs News, reports:
“We have no evidence that user data was compromised as a result of the outage period.”
According to Downdetector, for Facebook, this incident was the largest disruption in its history. Amid a massive disruption in its work, shares of the social network sank by almost 5%, and Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, lost about $ 7 billion.
The head of the popular social network Mark Zuckerberg apologized for the crash and announced the resumption of normal operation of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger:
“Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger are back online. I apologize for today’s disruption, I know how much you rely on our services to stay in touch with the people you love.”
Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer also apologized:
“I sincerely apologize to everyone affected by the disruption to Facebook services. We are having problems with the network, and teams of specialists are quickly trying to fix it and get it back to work. I apologize to every small and large business, every family and individual who depends on us. ”
Major glitch in the work of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp happened last night, October 4, at about 6 pm. They stopped working in a number of European countries, including Greece – people complained about the inability to open a social network or log into their account. Many users noticed that their pages were automatically logged out and feared a hacker attack.
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