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10-01-2021, 02:33 PM | #1 |
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Internet goes down for millions, tech companies scramble as key encryption service expires
The expiration of a key digital encryption service on Thursday sent major tech companies nationwide scrambling to deal with internet outages that affected millions of online users.
Tech giants — such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Cisco, as well as many smaller tech companies — were still battling with an endless array of issues by the end of the night. The problems were caused by the forced expiration of a popular digital certificate that encrypts and protects the connection between devices and websites on the internet. The certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt, the largest issuer of such certificates in the world. At least 2 million people have seen an error message on their phones, computers, or smart gadgets in the past 24 hours detailing some internet connectivity problems due to the certificate issue, https://www.yahoo.com/news/internet-...021400230.html We weren't affected here and don't know anyone that was but some were according to this article.
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10-01-2021, 03:48 PM | #2 |
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Just checked my 2012 laptop and got an error message saying it couldn't load the program. It did finally load but took forever.
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10-01-2021, 03:53 PM | #3 |
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Oh No....... !
I cant open my Facedork page a tell the world what Im doing... and post my gay-ass photos....
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10-02-2021, 06:40 PM | #4 |
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They didn’t see this coming huh?
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