Various Facebook services, including Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, were unavailable for over 6 hours on Monday. The cause of the outage is still unclear, as is why it has taken so long for the servers to be up & running. According to tech experts, the problem appears to involve 2 critical components of internet infrastructure known as Domain Name System, or DNS, & Border Gateway Protocol, or BGP.
Facebook Outage: DNS Problem, Now Back Online Including WhatsApp, Messenger, and MORE – techtimes.com
Facebook’s DNS or Domain Name System has been the reason why it was “down” or inaccessible, including its other apps and services, including that of Messenger, WhatsApp, Oculus, and more. The big blue company has not yet revealed the reason for its systems going out, but speculations point out to its domain.
Link: Facebook Outage: DNS Problem, Now Back Online Including WhatsApp, Messenger, and MORE
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