People from all over the world were forced to register on other social networks
The social network did not work for several hours / Collage: Today
Monday 4th October there was a large-scale failure in the work of the social network Facebook… The problem has spread to services used by people from all over the world.
Losses for Mark Zuckerberg
The Facebook CEO for the evening the crash occurred, lost $ 6.6 billion… In the Forbes list of billionaires, he dropped to 6th place.
Reason for failure
By information American journalist Brian Curbs, the crash was due to a dynamic routing protocol (BGP) update. He noted that the update prevented remote users from undoing changes, and people with physical access did not have network or logical access. Therefore, the work was blocked at both ends.
Attempts to solve the problem
Employees of the company tried to get into the Facebook officeto fix the problem that caused the crash. However, they did not succeed. When entering the workers, the electronic card, which is the key, did not work.
What users did
People who use Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, began to massively switch to other social networks and messengers… This, in turn, led to a slowdown in the work of major services, including Twitter, Telegram and YouTube.
Edward Snowden’s reaction
Former U.S. National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden reacted to a global glitch social networks in the world. According to him, this way the world can become healthier in just one day.
“Facebook and Instagram are mysteriously going offline and the world is going to be healthier one day,” Snowden said.
Recovery of work
Social networks in Ukraine earned at about 1 am on October 5… They did not work for more than 6 hours. You can log into your accounts either through your phone or your computer.
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