Guest LilBambi Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Unsettling to see NYTimes down - BambisMusings Blog REPOSTED HERE in full The NYTimes website has been down some report at or about 11AM this morning, but based on the website isitdownrightnow.com, it’s been down for almost 11HRS. NYTimes down since 0809 14 Aug 2013 – at this point about 11 hours So many people around lunchtime were hitting the number one link if you search for nytimes website down (isitdownrightnow.com), specifically their their NYTimes page, that even it appears to be buckling under the weight of all those trying to find out what’s going on and for how long. I found out about it this morning from all the posts about NYTimes website down, NYTimes still down, there were some funny ones too, but you have to know this is very unsettling to wake up and go looking for a website you see every day and it’s gone without a peep. And no answer on the @NYTimes Twitter account. Finally! @NYTimes actually posted about it: @NYTimes The New York Times Web site is experiencing technical difficulties. We expect to be back up shortly. Hopefully we will find out what happened. Was it a DDoS attack? Malicious SQL injection? Or something less scary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Added some updates to the posting: Unsettling to see NYTimes down - BambisMusings Blog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webb Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 huh. i guess they will tell us what the problem was. maybe? They will make you pay to find out what the problem was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest LilBambi Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Would be foolish on their part, though. Transparency is most important for their users. Not just for registered users, but potential registered users, too. And their myriad of free users that read articles from searches, etc. As journalists, they must realize their readers need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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