However, given the highly confidential way Facebook operates its network, it’s not possible to know exactly what happened with the network configuration. Such events have happened before, albeit not with such a catastrophic effect. It’s likely Facebook engineers inadvertently made changes to how the network is set up, creating a cascading set of problems. But this seems unlikely.Īccording to a report from The Verge referencing Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Infrastructure, it seems the problem was probably Facebook’s internal infrastructure.įacebook engineers were sent to one of the company’s data centres in California to work on the problem, which implies they were unable to log in remotely to the data centre.Įxperts have said the outage could have only have come from inside the company. With hacking issues becoming all too common in today’s cyber-security threat environment, the question arises whether Facebook’s outage might have been the result of a successful hack. There are fewer reports coming from Asia, but once again that makes sense considering it's the wee hours of the morning as of now.While Facebook’s management was apologetic, they gave no hint as to what caused the outage. But as more reports come in, it's clear this is a widespread issue beyond just those areas. Now, about an hour into the large spike in reports of WhatsApp issues, the reports have started to level off, indicating that WhatsApp has started to address the issue.Īt least on Downdetector, the biggest number of reports of WhatsApp issues are in Europe and South America, though when you think about it that makes sense considering the large WhatsApp user base in both areas.

A quick check of popular outage reporting site Downdetector shows a massive spike in reports of issues. Users around the world are reporting outages with the service - including myself. If you're having issues sending and receiving WhatsApp messages, you aren't alone. There has been no word or confirmation from WhatsApp on the issue.Biggest sources of issues are Europe and South America.People all over the world are reporting a WhatsApp outage, starting around 4 p.m.

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