Following the "disconnection" of the BBC, WhatsApp is also interrupted in many regions around the world.

Following the "disconnection" of the BBC, WhatsApp is also interrupted in many regions around the world.


The famous instant messaging software WhatsApp was interrupted on the eve of the New Year. Many people wanted to use WhatsApp to contact their relatives and friends but found that it was unavailable. According to user feedback from UAE, India, Pakistan, Brazil, the United States and Europe, the software service was interrupted. DownDetector detects website problems WhatsApp (WhatsAppmessenger) it is an application used by iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, WhatsApp Messenger, Symbian Phone, and Blackberry Phone users for communication between smartphones. From 04:28 P.M., January 1, December 31 (, Eastern time), DownDetector, a website dedicated to Internet and mobile services, found frequent reports of WhatsApp service interruptions. Although many people use WhatsApp to share New Year greetings with their relatives and friends, they cannot do so.





According to data statistics in 2015, WhatsApp has about 0.9 billion million users worldwide. After things started, many users began to complain that they could not send messages.



In the past, the BBC website was paralyzed by a large-scale cyber attack on the morning of April December 31. The BBC said on its Twitter that the reason for Website access failure is "technical problems ". The BBC said at the time that it was working to fix the website. This network attack not only affected the BBC's main English websites, but also affected the BBC's Chinese website and the network player's iPlayer broadcast and video websites. Later, the BBC disclosed that, this problem stems from an attack called "distributed denial of service. However, the BBC has neither confirmed nor denied whether the attack has caused these problems. At present, it is unclear the specific cause. A WhatsApp spokesman said in a Daily Mail (MailOnline): "Today, many people cannot use WhatsApp. At present, we are restoring the original service status, and apologize for the inconvenience caused." WhatsApp was named as the worst application to protect user data this year. In early December, the Brazilian court ordered the shutdown of the WhatsApp service nationwide. The temporary suspension of the service caused 1.5 million Brazilians to register Telegram Messenger, a competitor of WhatsApp. The move caused a stir in the Brazilian Parliament and aroused ridicule. A WhatsApp spokesman said: "We are very disappointed that the judge will punish more than 0.1 billion of Brazilians, just because we cannot hand over the information we already have ." However, WhatsApp does not disclose the cause of service interruption.