Those trying to log into Meta's Facebook, Instagram, and Threads for their social media fixes are facing panic this morning after being locked out of their accounts.
“We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a post on the social media site formerly known at Twitter. The latter site still up and running, presumably much to Elon's delight.
"We are aware of an issue impacting Facebook Login. Our engineering teams are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible," Meta said on its status page in a post timestamped at 0717 PT.
Folks trying to log into the Meta-owned accounts are told their passwords are wrong. Those trying to reset their password using two-factor authentication are told there's an error and to try again. Needless to say it isn't working.
According to Downdetector over half a million users logged complaints, a huge number given the reports are usually counted in the low thousands. The problems appear to have kicked off around 0700 PT but now appear to be dropping very slightly.
We'll update this article as the situation progresses but in the meantime don't panic - you haven't been hacked. On the balance of probabilities it's probably someone pushing the wrong button.
Let's not forget, we've been here before and these things sort themselves out (usually). ®
Source: The register