Rumours swirl that Facebook was HACKED as joker puts site up for sale at ‘$1 billion’ dollars

RUMOURS have been mounting that Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have been hacked as one joker has mockingly placed the site up for sale for $1 billion. All three platforms, which are owned by Facebook, have been forced to confirm on its rival service Twitter to confirm to its users that they were working to fix the global outage. Zuma PressFacebook along with its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms suffered a worldwide outage[/caption] A spoof ad putting up Facebook for sale is being shared Scott Helme, a cybersecurity expert, told the BBC the outage did not just affect Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. He said: “We’ve also been to websites and seen things like the log in with Facebook button which currently doesn’t work. “So, even completely unrelated services and websites are currently struggling because features that depend on Facebook are also not working.  “The impact of this is much wider than not being able to go on Facebook. “It seems like somebody actually needs to go to the servers to fix this.” He added: “It is not a particularly good look when you have to go to rival social media companies [like Twitter] to liaise.” Most read in The Sun LOG OFF Live updates as Facebook, Whatsapp and Snapchat all down for millions of users SISTER'S AGONY Girl, 12, 'cries herself to sleep' as sister, 15, dies of Covid day of jab NOT 'APPY Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp go down for millions & some report Twitter issues LIDL HORROR Mum ‘stabs son, 2, to death and dumps his body on Lidl checkout counter' sing star Connie Talbot stole our hearts on BGT - you won't believe what she looks like now STROPPY COME DANCING Inside Strictly's biggest spats that make Katie and Gorka look tame Meanwhile, a joker has shared a spoof ad on placing the domain up for sale for a relatively paltry $8billion with the words “inquiry now and Facebook could be yours”. Doug Madory, director of internet analysis for Kentik Inc, a network monitoring and intelligence company, said: “This is epic. The last major internet outage, which knocked many of the world’s top websites offline in June, lasted less than an hour.  “The stricken content-delivery company in that case, Fastly, blamed it on a software bug triggered by a customer who changed a setting.” “This is epic… he last major internet outage, which knocked many of the world’s top websites offline in June, lasted less than an hour Doug Madory director of internet analysis for Kentik Inc Facebook’s only public comment so far was a tweet in which it acknowledged that some people are having trouble accessing (the) Facebook app and that it was working on restoring access.  Regarding the internal failures, Instagram head Adam Mosseri tweeted that it “feels like a snow day”. But the impact was far worse for multitudes of Facebook’s nearly three billion users, showing just how much the world has come to rely on it and its properties to run businesses, connect with communities of affinity, log on to multiple other websites and even to order food. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun news desk? Email us at exclusive@the-sun.co.uk or call 02077824104. You can WhatsApp us on 07423 720 250. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours Click here to get The Sun newspaper delivered for FREE for the next six weeks.