Zuckerberg lost Rs 8700 crore every hour due to Facebook down, came down in the list of billionaires
Facebook faces a mega outage: On Monday, all the services of Facebook were down for several hours around the world. Apart from the services of Facebook, the service of Instagram, WhatsApp, American telecom companies like Verizon, At&t, and T Mobile were also stalled for hours.
TPN24 Desk 
Due to the downing of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram (Facebook face mega outage), its co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also personally suffered heavy losses. His net worth fell by $ 7 billion (about Rs 52,217 crore) in 6 hours and he fell down a notch in the list of billionaires. In this way, Zuckerberg's net worth has declined by about $ 116.66 million (about Rs 8700 crore) every hour.
It is worth noting that around 10 o'clock on Monday night Indian time, everyone saw that all the services of Facebook around the world are down. Apart from the services of Facebook, the service of Instagram, WhatsApp, American telecom companies like Verizon, At&t, and T Mobile were also stalled for hours. It is worth noting that WhatsApp and Instagram also come under the ownership of Facebook.
5 percent broken shares
In view of all this, Facebook's shares started selling in the US stock markets and within a day its price fell by 5 percent. The stock has lost 15 percent since mid-September.
Ranked 5th on the list
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Zuckerberg's net worth dropped to $120.9 billion and he reached 5th place below Bill Gates. Earlier he was in fourth place on this list. Since September 13 this year, his net worth has declined by $ 19 billion.
It is worth noting that services were disrupted for several hours on Monday night and some improved after Indian time. Around 4 am, the services of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, which were interrupted for several hours, started again. Instagram app has started working again. Earlier, where no new content show was happening, now the app is working again.
Services are gradually restored
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger have started working. After being down for several hours, one by one the apps started working again. Apart from this, many other services of Facebook were also stalled. News agency Reuters informed that after being down for about six hours, these apps have started working partially again.
After the downing of social media platforms, it was not clear what was the reason behind it. Some people called it a cyberattack, while some said that there is a DNS issue. At the same time, the company issued a statement saying that they are aware of this and they are trying to fix it.
what did Zuckerberg say?
Social media platform Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger are back online. Sorry for the interruption. I know how much you trust our services to stay connected with the people you care for.
