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AZSkiffyGeek

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5. Seems to be back

Reply to AZLD4Candidate (Original post)

Mon Oct 4, 2021, 05:04 PM

Oct 2021

But it was down a good 7-8 hours. Apparently someone fucked up their DNS, and also took down all their internal tools as well - not an outside hack though, internal.

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Facebook seems to be under a cyber-attack [View all] AZLD4Candidate Oct 2021 OP

On the App I can see posts from this morning. However if I click to helpisontheway Oct 2021 #1

I can't reply to anything so far. underpants Oct 2021 #2

They most certainly are. Most likely by anonymous or jester berni_mccoy Oct 2021 #3

Unlikely to be a cyberattack; more likely they hosed their own servers with a bungled update JohnQFunk Oct 2021 #4

Seems to be back AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #5

The sites are down due to DNS issue which tells devices where to find FB and IG LonePirate Oct 2021 #6

No problems here dweller Oct 2021 #7

It's evidently a self-inflicted situation with Facebook's Border Gateway Protocol abqtommy Oct 2021 #8