WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging app, stopped working today across the world, leaving millions of users in shock. The outage affected users in Europe, South America and parts of Asia.
The outage happened at around 11 a.m. GMT, with WhatsApp users unable to send or receive messages, make calls or access the app’s features in general.
It appears that both Android and iOS users were affected, as well as those using WhatsApp Web on desktop computers.
At the time of writing, there is still no official word from the company about why WhatsApp stopped working today or how long it will take for it to be restored. However, there are some theories floating around as to why this happened.
Theory 1: Server Outage
One possible cause of this issue is a server outage. The WhatsApp servers could have gone down due to an overload of traffic or some other technical issue that has caused them to malfunction.
Theory 2: Technical Update
It is also possible that the company is performing a technical update on its servers which could be causing the disruption. This theory seems more plausible given that other apps owned by Facebook – such as Instagram – are also having issues.
Theory 3: Security Breach
Finally, some people are speculating that this could be due to some kind of security breach on WhatsApp’s servers which has caused them to shut down temporarily.
Regardless of what has caused it, one thing is for sure – millions of people around the world are now without their beloved messaging app and will likely remain so until WhatsApp can fix whatever has gone wrong and restore their services.
Conclusion
The exact cause for why Whatsapp stopped working today remains unknown; however, it is likely due to either a server outage or a technical update being performed by the company. Whatever the cause may be, it has left millions of people without access to their beloved messaging app until such time as Whatsapp can restore its services.