Updated October 16th, 2020 at 10:22 IST
Twitter restores services after global outage, assures 'no evidence of hack or breach'
Microblogging platform Twitter has announced “we’re all clear” after it experienced global outage and users complained that they were unable to use the website.
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Twitter has announced “we’re all clear” after it experienced a worldwide outage and users complained that they were unable to use the platform. Several hours after Jack Dorsey’s Twitter first acknowledged that it has been “down for many” due to some trouble with the company’s “internal systems”, Twitter Support posted an update on October 16 that it should now be working “as expected” for everyone.
And we’re all clear –– Twitter should be working as expected for everyone. Thanks for sticking with us.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport)
The platform also assured that there was not “any evidence of a security breach or hack.” It also said in a statement that “The outage was caused by a system change initiated earlier then planned, affecting most of our servers. We’re working hard to bring Twitter back to normal and expect things to be fully resolved in 1-2 hours.”
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Netizens flood Twitter with memes
Soon after the Twitter outage started resolving, its users began posting memes about "life without Twitter" or "Twitter outage got me like". Several others complained about their tweets either getting deleted or "nowhere to be found". Many internet users even expressed their concerns of accounts being hacked or other similar security breaches. There were also those who complained about how long it took for the microblogging platform to work again. Every time a user tried to post a tweet an error showed up on the platform that read, "Oops, something went wrong!". Here are some of the memes triggered by the global outage of the platform:
twitter outage got me like pic.twitter.com/mH95f5ocWf
— mae | KILLUGON!! (@saladpika)
Hello? Is this thing working again? 🎙️
— St. Clair Esports Club (@SCEsportsClub)
We haven't been able to post on Twitter all day due to the outage, looks like we will be posting tomorrow instead. pic.twitter.com/nZuQEu9Ndd
Twitter users coming back online after an hour outage pic.twitter.com/Y0w3CseN99
— Bizarre Lazar 🏴☠️ (@BizarreLazar)
Adam Schefter during Twitter's outage pic.twitter.com/hnmKBrKuXX
— Artūras Karnišovas Fan Club (@arturasfanclub)
Catching up on the Twitter posts freaking out over an outage I never experienced since I was away from Twitter for most of today pic.twitter.com/48amAcT8md
— Butterflyscribbles (@Bflyscribbles)
I'm sure these Twitter outages have nothing to do with the upcoming town halls... pic.twitter.com/hXfsc914Kz
— Doug Farrar (@NFL_DougFarrar)
Before After
— Ray Kwong (@raykwong)
Twitter Twitter
Outage Outage pic.twitter.com/hW213Tf10e
Actually got to enjoy nature during the twitter outage pic.twitter.com/izjXmFFtNR
— Jessy Han 🎃👻 (@hjessy_)
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Published October 16th, 2020 at 10:23 IST