Facebook blames a server configuration change for yesterday’s outage

Facebook blames a server configuration change for yesterday’s has finally released its assessment of what was responsible for yesterday’s massive outage of its Instagram, Messenger, and core Facebook service. Millions of people were impacted by the outage yesterday, which had users taking to Twitter (and our tips inbox) to vent their frustration or share theories about what was happening inside the company’s networks. Network monitoring firms first began specualting about the cause of the outage yesterday.

Source: techcrunch.com