{"id":40308,"date":"2022-07-30T15:19:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=40308"},"modified":"2022-07-30T15:19:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:19:14","slug":"what-happened-to-facebook-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-facebook-last-night","title":{"rendered":"What Happened to Facebook Last Night?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e1c0312160a\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e1c0312160a\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e1c0312160a\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-facebook-last-night\/#What_Happened_to_Facebook_Last_Night\" title=\"What Happened to Facebook Last Night?\">What Happened to Facebook Last Night?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-facebook-last-night\/#Changes_to_Facebooks_BGP_routes\" title=\"Changes to Facebook&#8217;s BGP routes\">Changes to Facebook&#8217;s BGP routes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-facebook-last-night\/#Internal_systems_stopped_functioning\" title=\"Internal systems stopped functioning\">Internal systems stopped functioning<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-facebook-last-night\/#Changes_to_Facebooks_domain_name_system_DNS_records\" title=\"Changes to Facebook&#8217;s domain name system (DNS) records\">Changes to Facebook&#8217;s domain name system (DNS) records<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-facebook-last-night\/#Facebooks_log_in_gateway_failed\" title=\"Facebook&#8217;s log in gateway failed\">Facebook&#8217;s log in gateway failed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-facebook-last-night\/#Facebooks_DNS_records_were_withdrawn_from_global_internet_routing_tables\" title=\"Facebook&#8217;s DNS records were withdrawn from global internet routing tables\">Facebook&#8217;s DNS records were withdrawn from global internet routing tables<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-facebook-last-night\/#Facebook_apologizes_for_outage\" title=\"Facebook apologizes for outage\">Facebook apologizes for outage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-facebook-last-night\/#Hacktivists_blamed_for_spreading_misinformation\" title=\"Hacktivists blamed for spreading misinformation\">Hacktivists blamed for spreading misinformation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Happened_to_Facebook_Last_Night\"><\/span>What Happened to Facebook Last Night?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/oj5LUSx.png\" alt=\"what happened to facebook last night\" style=\"width:auto; height:auto; max-width:28% margin:0px 10px; max-height:326px;\" align=\"left\"> <\/p>\n<p>What happened to Facebook last night? There are a few possible causes, including changes in Facebook&#8217;s BGP routes, a change in domain name system (DNS) records, and a log in gateway failure. Facebook&#8217;s outage is the most recent example of a major Internet outage, and the exact cause is not yet known. If you have any information on the Facebook outage, please share it with us in the comments below.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Changes_to_Facebooks_BGP_routes\"><\/span>Changes to Facebook&#8217;s BGP routes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A change made by Facebook to its BGP routes last night has impacted its servers worldwide. The change has prevented external DNS resolvers from reaching Facebook&#8217;s DNS servers, and caused internal difficulty. This disruption means that employees at the company are unable to access their daily activities, including conference rooms. Facebook is attempting to resolve the issue by manually rebooting servers. Facebook is not able to confirm the cause of the problem, but they&#8217;ve acknowledged that a change has occurred.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Internal_systems_stopped_functioning\"><\/span>Internal systems stopped functioning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The outage has caused a panic among employees, who can&#8217;t track their information or use internal chat functions. Even engineers are unable to log in to fix the issue. The outage comes just one day after whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed herself as an employee. However, the outage hasn&#8217;t completely crippled Facebook&#8217;s business &#8211; some users have been able to get their work done without a hitch.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Changes_to_Facebooks_domain_name_system_DNS_records\"><\/span>Changes to Facebook&#8217;s domain name system (DNS) records<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Changes to Facebook&#8217;s domain name system, or DNS, records are causing the outage. The site went down for six hours on October 4, 2021. The blackout began at 11:40 ET. While many people assumed that a DNS error was to blame, the actual cause was related to the failure of BGP routing to the Facebook web resources. The DNS change didn&#8217;t prevent the website from functioning, but it certainly exacerbated the problem.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Facebooks_log_in_gateway_failed\"><\/span>Facebook&#8217;s log in gateway failed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve tried to log into Facebook but got a 504 Gateway Timeout error, it&#8217;s probably due to a network problem. While Facebook servers don&#8217;t look down, a bad network connection or WiFi or cellular data connection can cause the problem. Additionally, your firewall or other security software could be blocking your connection to Facebook. In both cases, the simplest solution will likely be the most difficult to implement.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Facebooks_DNS_records_were_withdrawn_from_global_internet_routing_tables\"><\/span>Facebook&#8217;s DNS records were withdrawn from global internet routing tables<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The social networking giant&#8217;s global outage is the biggest outage in its history, taking out the website, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger, among many others. The outage has been blamed on problems with Facebook&#8217;s DNS, which decides the path data takes on the internet. Pinging the IP addresses of Facebook is ineffective, resulting in packets being thrown into black holes.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Facebook_apologizes_for_outage\"><\/span>Facebook apologizes for outage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A network issue forced Facebook to go offline for six hours last night, affecting the social networking service&#8217;s core platforms and applications. While the cause is unknown, experts believe the outage was caused by a change in how the website uses network infrastructure. Despite apologizing for the outage, Facebook has not revealed the exact cause of the outage. The company&#8217;s website remains unavailable despite repeated attempts to contact the company.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hacktivists_blamed_for_spreading_misinformation\"><\/span>Hacktivists blamed for spreading misinformation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A recent Facebook hack is not the first time that social media users have been targeted by malicious actors. The company blames Russian operatives for the misinformation campaign that spread throughout the country in 2016. This hack was carried out by criminal spammers with commercial motives, but the recent hack will do little to dispel users&#8217; cynicism. 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