Reddit faced an hour-long problem on Tuesday that prevented many users from accessing the popular talk site.
At 2 o’clock update:
At 43:00 a.m., PT’s status page, Reddit, said: Meanwhile, prepare (or eat!) your bananas.
User reports of access to Reddit’s website and apps spiked around noon PT Tuesday, surpassing more than 60,000 outage reports, according to monitoring site Downdetector.
12 Reddit status pages: 6pm PT said, “Under investigation – Reddit is currently offline. We are working to identify the issue,” and said the issue was caused by an “internal system issue.”
According to Reddit, there more than 100,000 active communities from around the world across the site, spanning numerous topics and interest areas.
Last month, Reddit revealed a “data security incident” in which a hacker used “a sophisticated phishing campaign” to access some internal documents and business information.
The company said it became aware of the phishing attack on Feb. 5 and that info the attack accessed may have included “limited Reddit code, limited contact information for a small number of company contacts and employees (current and former), as well as limited advertiser information.
” According to Reddit, no high-risk data was accessed such as credit card details, company financial information, account passwords, campaign strategy or performance.
In December 2021, Reddit confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering. THe company has been valued at more than $10 billion.
Launched in 2005, Reddit was acquired by Condé Nast the following year. In 2011, Condé Nast spun out the site, while Advance Publications, parent of Condé Nast, retains a minority stake.