#Facebook Is Down … and For Sale? – Review Geek

Facebook and all of its services, including Instagram and WhatsApp, appear to have completely disappeared from the internet. And I don’t just mean that the services are down—their domains are for sale.

You probably noticed that Facebook and its services were inaccessible this morning. Well, after a couple hours of radio silence, users discovered that the company’s domains have simply disappeared. Evidence shows that these domains were pulled from global routing tables—an odd situation, given that Facebook owns its own registrar.

In other words, someone within Facebook pulled its websites and services from the global internet. Hackers may be responsible, but given what we know, it like someone working for Facebook decided to pull the plug. Either that, or a critical hardware failure brought everything offline.

Between 15:50 UTC and 15:52 UTC Facebook and related properties disappeared from the Internet in a flurry of BGP updates. This is what it looked like to @Cloudflare. pic.twitter.com/PFw5FR2W5j

— John Graham-Cumming (@jgrahamc) October 4, 2021

Someone nuked the DNS A and AAA records for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp 🤭 pic.twitter.com/8TaU2eR1mm

— Chad Loder (@chadloder) October 4, 2021

Those who try to visit Facebook, Instagram, and the company’s other websites will encounter an NXDOMAIN error indicating that their domains do not exist. Any service that requires Facebook servers, including the Oculus network, will wont work.

We’re not sure what’s behind this outage, though it comes at a strange time. Yesterday, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen sat with 60 Minutes to discuss internal documents that she submitted to federal investigators after years with the company. These documents show that Facebook intentionally stokes anger and misinformation on its platform despite evidence that doing so contributes to real-world violence and political unrest. Facebook is scheduled to meet with congress tomorrow to discuss the findings.

This story is ongoing, and we will update you with new information as it’s made available. While Facebook has acknowledged that its apps and services are currently inaccessible, it has not commented on what appears to be an unexpected shutdown.

Source: @chadloder