Downdetector showed there were more than 50,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook and Instagram. The outage might be affecting a larger number of users.
Security experts said the outage could have been triggered by a configuration error, which could be the result of an internal mistake, though sabotage by an insider would be theoretically possible. Stock photo.Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social media giant said on Monday, as it worked on restoring its services.
Security experts tracking the situation said the outage could have been triggered by a configuration error, which could be the result of an internal mistake, though sabotage by an insider would be theoretically possible. “We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologise for any inconvenience,” Facebook said.
Meanwhile, the social-media giant's instant messaging platform WhatsApp was also down for more than 35,000 users, while Messenger was down for nearly 9,800 users.
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