The reasons for the global downfall of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram

It was not a computer hacker attack, a submarine internet cable was not cut, or someone threw coffee on a supercomputer in a corner of Alaska. . No fault Facebook and Instagram have not worked for several hours and that WhatsApp also has some limitations, it was due to a simple server configuration change.

This was reported by the social network, still via his official Twitter account, where he took the opportunity to apologize to his two billion users.

"Yesterday, Following a change in the configuration of a server, many people have had problems accessing our applications and services.. We have already solved the problem and the systems are recovering. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate the patience of all, "explained the company in the tweet.

From Wednesday to noon in Argentina, Thousands of users reported errors on both social networks of the company, Facebook and Instagram, as well as some issues related to the multimedia features of WhatsApp.

The gate Down Detector reported that chess lasted more than 9 hours. The site said that 33% of those affected had problems connecting to Facebook, while 32% said the platform had suffered a "total collapse".

Regarding Instagram, 46% of those affected have detected issues with the news feed, while 33% have not been able to connect directly. 54% of WhatsApp's problems were related to sending and receiving messages, while 37% of people said they had connectivity issues.