Yesterday, Facebook users were reporting widespread login problems. These users were reporting issues from all locations globally so it obviously isn’t isolated to a specific location or server.
With the Facebook login problems continue on today, and actually some reporting the issues are getting worse, there is not speculation that Facebook has actually been hacked.
Whether Facebook has been hacked, or servers are just down preventing users from logging in, one thing is for sure – people are not happy about the Facebook issues.
What message are you getting?
So are you trying to login to Facebook but having issues?
What are the errors you are receiving?
What messages, if any are you seeing?
Or are you just getting a blank white screen, or Facebook not loading at all?
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I am getting a DNS server error
Cannot connect to facebook today 9/23/2010.
Service Unavailable - DNS failureThe server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.
Reference #11.42f74543.1285275161.---------etc..
Who else is having this problem today? Can we fix it? Or is it actually FACEBOOKS PROBLEM???
Eeeekkk, I'm getting the exact same message.
I got this message just now:
Service Unavailable - DNS failure
The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.
Reference #11.34268343.1285275578.2dddc5
This is what I'm getting if I want to log on to FB
Service Unavailable - DNS failure
The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.
Reference #11.7ca16c3.1285275267.40019fdb
DNS server error message here :(
Is there a way to really find out what is going on, is FB trying to do this so they can introduce FB payable later on??
I'm getting the exact same message.
I am having trouble logging in, but I am receiving DNS errors on other sites as well.
I had all F/B apps up until 10:00am PST today; however, the services were slow. At about 12 noon the DNS notifications started. I thought is was because of a Game request for a new bookmark were downloaded but all of my computers were affected. I did go the Zynga (games) website to see if this was a gaming issue (because at that time I could pull up a F/B home page) and found that most everyone stated having problems yesterday. So I'm wondering which came first, the problems with the games or F/B. It's no secret that many games add viruses, to make matters worse, there is a worm going around that has affected places like NASA so way couldn't it hit F/B?
Interesting! On Sept. 29, hacker changed my facebook password, picture, name, AND the email passwod associated with the account. Any previous facebook posts I made in the past year reflected the new picture/name. We literally watched as hacker proceeded to the Zynga site & played! We contacted Zynga while this was in process but they could do nothing. Today, 3 days later, nothing has been resolved whatsoever; I have no facebook, no Zynga & no access to the email id. Facebook is losing their intial focus as a "social network" and affiliation with the gaming websites - & viruses as you mention - is only going to perpetuate the problem!
Facebook has been doing some updates as of yesterday. They already accomplished tweaking the Game Update feature if you hadn't already noticed, which was the reason for downtime yesterday. It shouldn't take long. :)
During this might you might experience blank pages, pages saying "server could not be reached," broken links, glitchy features, slow performance, prompts to download Facebook pages, etc. This is normal; just be patient.
Contrary to some other answers, a) its servers have not been hit by lightning because that's not possible, b) it's not the end of the world, c) its servers have not "shut down" or whatever - upgrading the website does NOT mean the servers were shut down, and d) it's not happening to everyone - Facebook usually updates some servers at one point, and then others at other times. Facebook might be down in one country or region and up in another.
Thanks for the info Claudia. I didn't start having problems with FB until about 5 hrs ago.....couldn't get on at all. Then I got on for about an hr...and now can't get back on. I thought maybe FB was under attack becuz the CEO was donating money to New Jersey schools, or becuz of the movie coming out about FB....LOL...j/k I know we all just need to be patient, but as an avid game player/FB fanatic, it's just not easy :)
Having problems getting on facebook>sometimes it goes to login page>will not let me log in>Any solutions????