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Re: Facebook was down

#122

Obviously 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?

They hacked Malaysian Airlines website yesterday. The wiki page goes into more detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Squad

Re: Facebook was down

#124
I've always thought how strange it is when people notice and make such a big deal about facebook being down or accessible. It's almost as if fb has become a public utility or something.

As others have remarked, one way one can interpret this is it is a testament to their ops' exceptional ability as engineers that such downtime is so noticeable.

Re: Facebook was down

#125

Obviously 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?

More DDoS than hacking, but yea.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/12/30/fbi-confirms-lizard-squad-...

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/01/another-lizard-arrested-l...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30306319

Re: Facebook was down

#128

Obviously 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?

lol. Might simply because people see white whales too often and that's not a surprise.

Re: Facebook was down

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post #97

Is the API down as well? I imagine thousands of websites and apps rely on Facebook being up.

The main app and Messenger aren't connecting at all for me, Facebook's OAuth is also inaccessible.
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