Lizard Squad claims responsibility for Facebook, Instagram outageJanuary 27, 2015 - 12:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook and Instagram have come back online after an outage that lasted around an hour, Digital Spy reports. Hacker group Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for the attack, which also took down other social media sites. Tinder, AIM, Hipchat and Myspace also went offline. Lizard Squad have since threatened further attacks on Twitter - which remained online during the outage - saying: "More to come soon. Side note: We're still organising the @MAS email dump, stay tuned for that." The microblogging site was flooded with social media users asking about the downtime, which sent the subject into trending. All services are now thought to be completely restored. Photo: Reuters/ Dado Ruvic Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Ameriabank named Best Bank in Armenia for 2024 by Global Finance Ameriabank has been named the Best Bank in Armenia by Global Finance magazine in its 31st annual awards. Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Lavrov rejects Armenia’s “defamation” of Russia, CSTO Lavrov decried the Armenian leaders’ “defamation” of Russian soldiers and border guards deployed in Armenia. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. |