Hmm, interestingly enough Faceboook today "has complied with a Turkish court order demanding the blocking of a page it said offended the Prophet Muhammad." [0]
Facebook was down
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Re: Facebook was down
#112Obviously anyone can "take credit" for things like this, but if this[1] is true, then jesus. Edit: Since it's topical, I enjoy listening to Chuck Rossi in interviews or presentations. Releng 2014 - Keynote 1: Chuck Rossi, Release Engineering, Facebook Inc. | Talks at Google [2] [1] https://twitter.com/lizardmafia/status/559963134006292481 [2] http://youtu.be/Nffzkkdq7GM?t=4m39s
A few years ago, who would've guessed that Twitter would be the major service still standing during such a mass attack?
Re: Facebook was down
#113According to Twitter, Facebook falling in the dead of night does in fact make (about a few million) sounds.
There is no dead of the night on a platform with users all over the world. Maybe when it's midday over the pacific, but not even then.
Let's suspend disbelief in the name of a stretch joke.
Re: Facebook was down
#114Instagram too, apparently. Are they sharing crucial infrastructure?
Re: Facebook was down
#115Yep. Down for me in Queensland, Australia as well (Facebook and Instagram). It is situations like this that give people a much needed break from social media (myself included). You don't realise just how much of a stranglehold (some more than others) that it has over you until you can't actually use it. Downtime for a site as big as Facebook is rare, but it happens, especially when your infrastructure isn't solely co…
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Re: Facebook was down
#116I wonder how many people are calling their isp call centers right now ;)
Re: Facebook was down
#117Obviously anyone can "take credit" for things like this, but if this[1] is true, then jesus. Edit: Since it's topical, I enjoy listening to Chuck Rossi in interviews or presentations. Releng 2014 - Keynote 1: Chuck Rossi, Release Engineering, Facebook Inc. | Talks at Google [2] [1] https://twitter.com/lizardmafia/status/559963134006292481 [2] http://youtu.be/Nffzkkdq7GM?t=4m39s
They had to leave twitter up so they could have somewhere to post?
Re: Facebook was down
#118Oh no, I just got used to React.js/Flux
Re: Facebook was down
#119Obviously anyone can "take credit" for things like this, but if this[1] is true, then jesus. Edit: Since it's topical, I enjoy listening to Chuck Rossi in interviews or presentations. Releng 2014 - Keynote 1: Chuck Rossi, Release Engineering, Facebook Inc. | Talks at Google [2] [1] https://twitter.com/lizardmafia/status/559963134006292481 [2] http://youtu.be/Nffzkkdq7GM?t=4m39s
I am not familiar with Lizard Mafia, do they have a history of famous hacks?
Re: Facebook was down
#120Obviously anyone can "take credit" for things like this, but if this[1] is true, then jesus. Edit: Since it's topical, I enjoy listening to Chuck Rossi in interviews or presentations. Releng 2014 - Keynote 1: Chuck Rossi, Release Engineering, Facebook Inc. | Talks at Google [2] [1] https://twitter.com/lizardmafia/status/559963134006292481 [2] http://youtu.be/Nffzkkdq7GM?t=4m39s
A few years ago, who would've guessed that Twitter would be the major service still standing during such a mass attack?
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