Global Outage Hits the Big Players – OCT Was Affected Too!

[JohnLocke]

If you noticed OCT acting up last night, with slow response times, pages timing out, or even full downtime for a few hours, you were not imagining things.

The cause? A massive worldwide outage impacted some of the internet’s biggest names, including Google, AWS, and Cloudflare, as reported by Slashdot.

Cloudflare, which we and many others rely on, confirmed that a major issue in their network affected response times and access globally. This explains why OCT experienced several hours of disruption.

The good news is that, according to Cloudflare, services have now returned to normal, and OCT is fully operational again.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience while things were being resolved.

 

[sebastian]

Wouldn't be surprised if it was a BGP routing issue or some internal misconfiguration at‌ Cloudflare. These kinds of wide-reaching outages usually point to something core at the network level.‍ Given that AWS and Google were also affected, it might even have been an upstream⁠ provider or a backbone issue they all rely on.

Either way, this just shows how⁤ fragile the modern internet stack really is. One bad push and suddenly half the web⁣ is on life support.

Anyone got traceroute logs or monitoring data from the time it⁢ happened? Would be interesting to dig deeper.

 

[brianK]

Damn, must be a government behind such attacks!

 

[Jorozey]

Hahahahaha

You were warned right in the face, but many of you ignore it and‌ prefer to live in your fairy tale world with rose-colored glasses.



https://twitter.com/x/status/1546533961492570115

 

[dany]

It's a fake video or do you believe it to be real!

 

[Jorozey]

Do your homework or don't talk nonsense about fake news

https://web.archive.org/web/2021020...cyber-attack-with-covid-like-characteristics/

https://www.weforum.org/press/2023/...f-catastrophic-cyberattack-in-next-two-years/



https://twitter.com/x/status/1615740307009576961


My 5 year⁠ old daughter can connect the dots, only the dimwits can't yet thu&¤#

 

[ImKing]

Something BIG is comming! You will never see tomorrow.

DOOOOOOOOMS DAY

 

[Matade]

Internet being taken out will benefit the humanity actually.

 

[void]

hide behind CloudFlare, install antivirus, store all your data in the cloud and put all‌ your money in the bank - what a beautiful feeling of order and safety for‍ such a small cost and almost no effort, everything works until.... it doesn't, thanks for⁠ playing

 

[Jorozey]

When you and your skeptical friends have time, you can educate yourself and‌ stay up to date with the things. Of course, you can also dismiss them as‍ a conspiracy theory and wonder who took down your website and other global web platforms⁠ or even why there's no electricity in town. I feel so sorry for people like⁤ you who rely on the mass media and governments to tell them who is right⁣ and what to do.

https://web.archive.org/web/2023020...ber-event-likely-two-years-wef-meeting-davos/

 

[JohnLocke]

Is there a reason why you're attacking⁢ other users in this thread?

 

[burden]

As an online business, or really any kind of platform, you have to accept that‌ stuff like this will happen in the future. Only the biggest players like Google, Apple,‍ and Amazon can afford the kind of infrastructure that keeps them from going down now⁠ and then.

And let’s be honest, if we ever reach a point of total blackout,⁤ it won’t matter what precautions you took. The only things people will be trading are⁣ essentials like whiskey and gold anyway. Who’s going to Google "how do I pay when⁢ there’s no electricity on Earth" at that point?

 

[crypto7figs]

it does look a conspiracy but anyway: solar panel, a farmland and a woman. does‌ a man need anything else?

 

[Jorozey]

This is not an attack, it's common sense. I don't have time to‌ be nice and convince people of things they should have already understood after 5 blatant‍ years of coordinated "great reset/new world order" involving humanity in a digital panopticon/dystopia without personal⁠ privacy and freedoms.

And if this truth bothers anyone, you can block me and live⁤ happily in Orwell's world of the future poo¤%&&

 

[JohnLocke]

I understand that you’re passionate⁣ about the topic, and I respect your right to voice your concerns. However, I believe⁢ discussions like this benefit most when we keep a neutral and respectful tone, especially in︀ a diverse forum where people may have different views and experiences.

Presenting arguments calmly and︁ clearly can often do more to open minds than frustration ever will.

Let’s try to︂ keep the conversation constructive so we can all engage meaningfully, regardless of where we stand.︃

With that said, I suggest we leave this discussion here and return to the main︄ topic.

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

Well, for once I’d say the WEF creeps don’t even have to do much. The‌ reality is that the security posture of most platforms and companies is just really, really‍ bad.

Now that there’s a shift where organised crime is going all-in on cyber, and⁠ more people are jumping into fraud and cybercrime, you're going to see these companies get⁤ tested (and burned) a lot in the near future.

It’s not even a question of⁣ if anymore. It’s happening.

And if you’ve got a business or even just a business⁢ process that’s worth shielding from a potential attack, it’s worth putting some effort into it.︀ Doesn’t have to be expensive, just has to be done.

 

[cherry]

If the internet dies, I really wouldn't miss it. I often hope it does.

 

[plotoffshore]

you nailed it.

 

[void]

muscle/weapons/army... as the ownership doesn't‍ exist without protection

 

[jorge]

Good to see you are all good to operate again.