Wow, facebook is down

[Diggs]

I was wondering. I was trying to share a picture of my toenail clippings.

Nooo you're thinking of Instagram

 

[classic33]

And to add some political balance, even the Telegraph has picked up on it

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11897580/Facebook-down-for-second-time-in-five-days.html

Time to chop some pigs pancreas I think @jefmcg

Daily Mail had it before, but didn't think people would believe that one

Daily mail Link added
Facebook goes down AGAIN: Social network crashes for the third time in a month leaving users in a panic
By Ellie Zolfagharifard For Dailymail.com - September 28th 2015, 8:07:16 pm
The site crashed for between 35-40 minutes at 3pm ET (7PM GMT) - although some users are reporting that it's now back online.

 

[PeteXXX]

It must be true... It's trending on Twitter!

 

[classic33]

Twice in a week is an anomaly. If it is something sinister a lot of data could get into the wrong hands.

Like what. You don't put stuff on there that's private!

 

[Fnaar]

I posted Miss Goodbody's melons. Then it was gone. There's a policeman at the door, waving his helmet around. I'm scared

 

[classic33]

Erm...behind the times...
And the telegraph, the mirror...

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/wow-facebook-is-down.188394/

And the Daily Mail!

 

[Tin Pot]

Like what. You don't put stuff on there that's private!

China doesn't want private information from Facebook, they want to know who you are and what your political opinions are, and of course - who you know.

 

[AndyRM]

Like what. You don't put stuff on there that's private!

That's the theory. The reality is somewhat different...

 

[vickster]

Actually not the Times, yet...

 

[classic33]

China doesn't want private information from Facebook, they want to know who you are and what your political opinions are, and of course - who you know.

If is the Chinese.

 

[Tin Pot]

How many Facebook has crashed threads before CC crashes?

 

[AndyRM]

Facebook has crashed!
There's me, just about to upload a photo of my supper, and I can't

Instagram's unaffected.

 

[Tin Pot]

If is the Chinese.

Yeah I'm just joking. Their infiltration doesn't affect service.

It's usually heating and power for these things.

Would be cool if it was crypto-ransomware though.

 

[jefmcg]

there is no reason to believe it's been cracked at this point. Not a DOS attack, because the looks different, but still no reason to think it's been hacked. Hackers who wanted data would do their best not to bring down the site, and if they were in there is no reason they would need to bring down the site.

Still, happy that my 1/1/1900 birthday is my default.

(and the Chinese do not care about your political opinions)

 

[vickster]

I expect someone just tripped over a trailing wire and pulled the plug out