Facebook goes offline 🤭

[phenomlab]

@jac https://hostrisk.com/topic/1297/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-suffer-widespread-outage

[gotwf]

@phenomlab said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac I doubt it. It’s probably due to a deployed fix not working as intended and failing regression testing or a third party service developing a fault.

Their DNS was/is horked up. I presumed they’re DNS admins had royally shot themselves in the foot. But maybe they just pointed stuff to localhost as a way to keep folks from hitting their fubar’d site.

In any event, hopefully the internet gods that be will give 'em the grand spanking they deserve!

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac https://hostrisk.com/topic/1297/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-suffer-widespread-outage

Very good that at the bottom, keep you out of trouble.

[JAC]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@phenomlab said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac I doubt it. It’s probably due to a deployed fix not working as intended and failing regression testing or a third party service developing a fault.

Their DNS was/is horked up. I presumed they’re DNS admins had royally shot themselves in the foot. But maybe they just pointed stuff to localhost as a way to keep folks from hitting their fubar’d site.

In any event, hopefully the internet gods that be will give 'em the grand spanking they deserve!

I only use it now and again to keep in touch with distant family but I couldn’t care less if it disappeared and never came back.

[phenomlab]

@jac Exactly that. It’s the signature facility in core slightly modified to suit.

[phenomlab]

@jac Me neither.

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac Exactly that. It’s the signature facility in core slightly modified to suit.

I think you may have replied in the wrong thread mate, but it definitely looks great and let’s everyone know who the content belongs to. Great idea

[phenomlab]

@jac Nope. I didn’t

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac Nope. I didn’t

My apologies.

[gotwf]

Thinking about this a bit further it occurs to me that the DNS was likely purposefully pointed to localhost so as to keep billions of users experiencing dopamine withdrawals from bombarding fb every few minutes whilst they scrambled to fix whatever. And were I a betting man, I’d say odds are they got hacked again. Going to be interesting to see how they spin doctor this one.

[phenomlab]

@gotwf A bit more (perhaps) spin on this from SKY News

https://news.sky.com/story/facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-outages-not-caused-by-malicious-activity-company-says-12426741

My 2c here is that this could well have been a DDoS attack from an entity like Anonymous in response to the Whistleblowing claims mentioned in this article

https://news.sky.com/story/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-tells-congress-hearing-tackle-the-company-like-big-tobacco-12426665

[gotwf]

@phenomlab Meh, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet… Today’s testimony, which I watched live, is tame as a newborn puppy. Comparatively. Check this out. If you’ve the stomach. Be forewarned, some some sick 'chit crosses the “content analysts” desks

Facebook Whistleblower Reveals Censorship Guidelines for Moderators - WARNING

I don’t know what is going on w/my browser, but the link above fails to display. @phenomlab, feel free to edit this post as necessary to make it so. Gotta run.

[phenomlab]

@gotwf I get the same issue with the link. Seems ok though so could be related to site security I have in place but will check.

[JAC]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@phenomlab Meh, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet… Today’s testimony, which I watched live, is tame as a newborn puppy. Comparatively. Check this out. If you’ve the stomach. Be forewarned, some some sick 'chit crosses the “content analysts” desks

Facebook Whistleblower Reveals Censorship Guidelines for Moderators - WARNING

I don’t know what is going on w/my browser, but the link above fails to display. @phenomlab, feel free to edit this post as necessary to make it so. Gotta run.

Watched the first few mins and then bizarrely had a chat request on Facebook (believe me I don’t use it, I probably go on it once a fortnight if that to see how the family are etc) anyway the person requesting a chat seemed to send me a link to a dodgy X rated website that I of course didn’t click, but funnily enough as I was watching that first little bit I did think to myself what on earth am I doing with a Facebook account .

[gotwf]

@phenomlab Maybe. I noted it on another NodeBB forum as well - they’re running latest version. Perchance are you using fail2ban? If so, that would be one common denominator.

It does not happen w/all links, however, as evidenced by the Politico Facefart link I just posted. Maybe only when posting video stream links? Hm… quick test:

Aha, maybe onto something here. Both those failed display links are youtubers…

[phenomlab]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

Perchance are you using fail2ban? If so, that would be one common denominator.

Certainly am. Sometimes YouTube blocks the playing of videos from sites other than themselves. Seen this happen several times.

[gotwf]

@phenomlab Interesting. I would just as soon not have anything Goog related on my sites but folks like to post music vids to a “What Song Are You Listening To” thread. Lots and lots and lots of youtuber links. But not so many lately. Guess I should check there as well.

Okies: One of those same links not displayed here display fine for me. Maybe a geolocation issue? I am US based. You? Hm… Nuremberg. So maybe? Just a moment and I’ll check the other site w/the issues: ah, cloudflare in New Jersey. Kind of rules that one out, eh?

Oh well, have fun!

[phenomlab]

@gotwf My VPS is located in Nuremberg, but I’m in the UK I also sit behind a VPN so it’s likely the case that’s blocked by YouTube. I see the videos fine from a desktop with no VPN

I don’t use CF…

[gotwf]

@phenomlab Ya’ meant FF?

fwiw, I can post above on community. But not on the other site I referenced, wh/coincidentally enough is also UK based. Although their server is, I think, New Jersey.

[phenomlab]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

Ya’ meant FF

No - CF = Cloudflare