477 BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) layer for Facebook and assets taken down – This is a REALLY big deal – This is NOT a "hackable" infrastructure; is gov't or military level – pardon Twitter link, but good chat going on (twitter.com) ℹ️ ⚔️ Info Warfare ⚔️ ℹ️ posted 3 years ago by fsoawesome 3 years ago by fsoawesome +478 / -1 110 comments share 110 comments share save hide report block hide replies
there are backups, and backups of backups. there's load balancing. there are whole alternate sites. the chances of all of that failing and nobody being able to get it running again was slight after an hour. we're at 5 now.
Yes, this is a really "big deal"