MOSCOW, January 27 (Sputnik) – Lizard Squad, the group that hacked the Malaysia Airlines’ website on Monday, claimed responsibility for taking down the websites of popular social networks, Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, AIM, Hipchat #offline #LizardSquad
— Lizard Squad (@LizardMafia) 27 января 2015
Facebook and Instagram were unavailable worldwide for approximately 40 minutes earlier on Tuesday prompting users to turn to Twitter to discuss the outage with hashtags like #Facebookdown and #ThingsIDidWhenFacebookWasDown. The first one is currently the most popular hashtag on the microblogging network.
Hits refresh, still nothing. Restarts phone, still nothing. PANIC ATTACK! #facebookdown #instagramdown what am I suppose to do? Sleep?
— Chelsea Hobbis (@ChelseaHobbis) 27 января 2015
Will it impact Facebooks's earnings? #facebookdown #negativepublicity #cyberinsurance
— Abhijit Solanki (@abhissol) 27 января 2015
Walked outside and checked my actual mail box today! #ThingsIDidWhenFacebookWasDown
— Mark Smyth (@BAS1Cmark) 27 января 2015
The Lizard Squad hackers are known for cyberattacks on Xbox and PlayStation systems in late December 2014. They also claimed responsibility for an attack on the Malaysia Airlines website on Monday.
