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On 16 August 2013, every Google service went down for five minutes; that is from 22:52 to 22:57 UTC. The outage caused internet traffic to drop forty percent worldwide. [9] Between 23:51 and 23:52 UTC, 50–70% of requests to Google received errors. It has been estimated that the blackout could cost Google around £330,000. [9]
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On 19 July at 04:09 UTC, CrowdStrike distributed a faulty configuration update for its Falcon sensor software running on Windows PCs and servers. A modification to a configuration file which was responsible for screening named pipes, Channel File 291, caused an out-of-bounds memory read [14] in the Windows sensor client that resulted in an invalid page fault.
This resulted in Google blocking Michael Jackson-related searches (after assumption that a DDoS attack was at hand), Twitter and Wikipedia crashed, and AOL Instant Messenger collapsing for 40 minutes. Search Engines & Social Media Multiple subjects on MJ's death results online. Events 2011: 2011 submarine cable disruption: South Asia and Middle ...
The internet had mixed reactions to the news, with one saying: â Google Maps should not replace eyesâ Comment on fatal car crash due to Google Maps leading people off unfinished bridge.
Officials were also considering trying to force a possible sale of AdWords, Google's search ad program, and a possible divestment of its Chrome web browser, according to the report.
The outage cut off Facebook's internal communications, preventing employees from sending or receiving external emails, accessing the corporate directory, and authenticating to some Google Docs and Zoom services. [2] [3] The New York Times reported that employees were unable to access buildings and conference rooms with their security badges. [2]