An unexpected event occurred on 4th October! Facebook Instagram Whatsapp down for hours. During that global outage, all users of Facebook were in panic. After 5 hours, everything was fine, but there was a question mark in the minds. How and why this happened?
Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Down
After the interruption of Facebook and other applications it owns, everyone was left in awe. The company, which has the most used social media platforms, also suffered financial losses with this cut. The stock value plummeted. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lost his 7 billion dollars in 3 hours. [caption id="attachment_23382" align="alignnone" width="757"]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lost his 7 billion dollars in 3 hours.[/caption]
On the other hand, no explanation was given to users. A few hours later, a reporter from The New York Times stated that Facebook employees were unable to enter the company. The question "Is Facebook hacked?" came to mind and panic increased.
Data of 1.5 billion Facebook Users Allegedly Sold on the Dark Web
During the Facebook Whatsapp Instagram down, a lot of speculation arose from different parts of the world. One of them was the sale of billions of user data on the Dark Web by hackers. [caption id="attachment_23383" align="alignnone" width="762"]
The question "Is Facebook hacked?" came to mind and panic increased.[/caption]
Allegedly, an unidentified person was demanding $5,000 for 500 million user data. As this and similar news increased, debates arose about the reliability of social media. It is a well-known fact that cyber attacks are increasing. Recently, hackers have started to demand crypto money such as Bitcoin or Ethereum by hacking famous companies.
The Outage of Facebook Made White House Outraged!
The White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, gave a lot of information to the press during the blackout. As is known, the United States has always defended private companies. Many initiatives, especially Silicon Valley, have been achieved by the government "freeing" these companies. However, the government statements under the Biden administration after the Facebook outage created a second shock. The U.S. government, which has been supporting private companies - especially those related to technology - for years, has announced plans to impose "limitations" on social media platforms. [caption id="attachment_23384" align="alignnone" width="717"]
Jen Psaki, press secretary of White House[/caption]
Psaki said that Facebook and similar companies started to think about their own profit rather than the user, and they did not follow many rules. She emphasized the billions of users who could be victims of Facebook Instagram Whatsapp down. Complaining about the bad effect on Gen Z of social media, the government said that they would start working as soon as possible.
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