Facebook didn’t work: was the social network hacked and why did it malfunction?

Why there might be a problem with Facebook/Collage 24 Channel

On the evening of March 5, there were malfunctions on Facebook, and users were simply knocked out. In the end, the work of the social network was restored.

At the moment, the Meta company has not officially announced what could have caused the failure on Facebook. However, at the same time, in the Red Sea, the Yemeni Houthis damaged 4 cables that provided Internet and communications in the region.

During the Facebook outage, the Houthis cut the cables

The British television channel Sky News reported that the sabotage operation of the Yemeni Houthis damaged 4 of 15 cables providing global Internet and communications in the Red Sea. The incident affected 25% of traffic passing through the Red Sea lines, which connect Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

The cables are part of the Asia-Africa-Europe 1, Europe- India Gateway, Seacom and TGN-Gulf. It is noteworthy that it was during this sabotage that malfunctions occurred in the work of Facebook, YouTube and Telegram.

The Houthis themselves “deny their involvement in the attack” and blamed the military operations of Great Britain and USA, without providing any evidence. Although Yemen's internationally recognized government said last month that the Houthis were planning to attack the cables.

Seacom noted that the affected segment of the cables is located within Yemen's maritime jurisdiction. Company representatives also noted that they are already redirecting traffic that can be changed, although some services do not work.

Meta commented on the failures in the work of Facebook

Meta company representative Andy Stone posted a message on the social network X, in which he noted that the company is aware of the problems Facebook users have with the work of this social network.

We know that people have problems accessing our services. “We are working on this now,” he explained.

At the same time, Stone did not explain whether the cutting of cables in the Red Sea by the Houthis is connected with the work of Facebook, YouTube and others social networks and applications that had glitches.