Representatives of the microblogging service Twitter commented on the failure in its work.
Twitter has been down for many of you and we’re working to get it back up and running for everyone.
We had some trouble with our internal systems and don’t have any evidence of a security breach or hack.
– Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) October 15, 2020
According to them, the failure occurred due to a malfunction of internal systems. The specialists did not reveal any signs of a hacker attack or unauthorized entry.
The failure occurred on the night of Friday, October 16, and was of a global nature. More than 50 thousand users have filed complaints about the work of the social network in the past few hours since the beginning of the problem, the website kp.ru writes.
So, messages about malfunctions in the service came from users in the United States, Great Britain and Japan, Spain, Brazil, as well as Russia. More than half of account owners (52%) indicated problems with the site. 33% reported interruptions in their iPhone and iPad apps. Some Android owners (15%) also reported a failure, the 360 ​​channel said.
On October 7, YouTube crashed. 80% of those who complained had problems watching the video.