Another instance of Wednesday night’s outage of Meta-owned Instagram and WhatsApp prevented users from using the apps.

Wednesday night saw the reintroduction of Instagram and WhatsApp, which are owned by Meta, following a worldwide server outage that prevented millions of users from using the apps. Over 30,000 Indian users reported the issue with WhatsApp.

Users encountered an error message when attempting to log into the browser version of the Platform’s mobile app during the outage.

The outage of WhatsApp started around 11:20 PM for almost 2 hours along  with the same as instagram which has registered over 2000 of user problems while using the App.

Users faced several problems while using both the Apps:

1. Users reported the problem with the news agency and messaging platform in more than 17,000 instances.

2. The problem was reported by over 30,000 users in India, 67,000 in the UK, and 90,000 in Brazil.

3. About 69% of respondents said there was a problem with WhatsApp, 25% said they were receiving messages, and 6% said there was a problem with the website.

It was reported that millions of users had trouble using Instagram and WhatsApp. The server fell down last month for the second time this year. Users encountered difficulties sending and receiving texts. However, the server fell down for two hours straight, the same as in 2022. 

Causes of server outages:

1. Technical Problem

One problem that can be overlooked is having technical difficulties . due to which the server goes down. And lead to a problem

2. High on demand on servers

Another problem that are looked is when millions of users use the apps at a same level of time due to which such problems are seen

3. Security concerns

It’s also possible that security threats were the source of the outage. Most likely, hackers could be launching a cyberattack. It’s possible that hackers attempted to compromise Meta’s systems or steal user data, causing the business to momentarily shut down the platforms in order to safeguard user information.

4. Internet connections issues

Sometimes, the problem that occurs is in the connection that stops the users from operating their apps or websites.  And create problems across the world.