Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage...

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-outage-8b9d3862ed957029e545182a595fdce1

"Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms suffered a worldwide outage that has lasting more than three hours on Monday. Facebook’s internal systems used by employees also went down. Service has not yet been restored. 

 The company did not say what might be causing the outage, which began around 11:40 ET. Websites and apps often suffer outages of varying size and duration, but hours-long global disruptions are rare. 

 “This is epic,” said Doug Madory, director of internet analysis for Kentik Inc. The last major internet outage, which knocked many of the world’s top websites offline in June, lasted less than an hour. The stricken content delivery company in that case, Fastly, blamed it on a software but triggered by a customer who changed a setting...."

Personal Information of More Than 1.5 Billion Facebook Users Sold on Hacker Forum https://www.privacyaffairs.com/facebook-data-sold-on-hacker-forum/

The private and personal information of over 1.5 billion Facebook users is being sold on a popular hacking-related forum, potentially enabling cybercriminals and unscrupulous advertisers to target Internet users globally.

This constitutes the biggest and most significant Facebook data dump to date....

[UPDATED] Facebook Is Having a Very, VERY Bad Day https://pjmedia.com/columns/paula-bolyard/2021/10/04/facebook-is-having-a-very-very-bad-day-cue-worlds-tiniest-violen-n1521586