It was a wave of spam that led to a possible hacker attack yesterday morning, Wednesday, August 24, capable of causing fears of the worst or putting the Facebook social network in serious trouble. But fortunately the inconvenience was overcome and the service soon returned to normal operation. Let’s find out what happened.
yesterday morning, Wednesday 24 AugustMany patrons of social networks Facebook They may face problems and difficulty In using the platform, noticing the presence of unusual posts on their walls and public feeds, such as birthday wishes from their contacts from several years ago, irrelevant content related to their interests and quirks on group pages.
The problematic Found simultaneously all over the world and many users immediately moved to its social network Twitter To announce what happened with the hashtag #Facebook hacked and requesting information about the nature of potential hacker attacks by issuing warnings Phishing attempts.
Especially after a two-year period so fortunate on Facebook, towards which numerous and, in many cases, heavy Criticism Especially regarding management Confidentialityuse Censorship and its spread the news Wrong if not outright fake, so much so that it was elected in a vote Yahoo Finance “Worst Companies of 2021”. But what was it really?
Characteristics of the problem and company’s explanation
From what originates, the problem will actually be affected method And, therefore, it was not an external attack. In fact, as contacted by a Facebook spokesperson, Alexander Voika“A variation of that configuration Some people are having problems with their Facebook feed”.
And then he added: “We have Problem solved For victims as soon as possible, e We apologize for the inconvenience”, around 12.00 Italian time.
After that the problem went away and the accounts, as many of us noticed, came back Work regularly. Therefore a Faulty system update This may cause temporary inconvenience and luckily, is not an external hack.
Earlier today, a configuration change caused some people to have problems with their Facebook feed. We have resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone affected and apologize for any inconvenience.
— Alexandru Voica 💀 (@alexvoica) August 24, 2022
Source: esports.gazzetta.it
