New York Times website down for an hour but slowly coming back
The New York Times website appeared to be slowly coming back online after being out for about an hour Wednesday.
The outage, which caught readers and the Times’ newsroom offguard, seems to be over.
The New York Times communications department said the site was being restored and that it would post stories to its Facebook page in the meantime.
Earlier, the company said on Twitter that the problem was a “server issue” that caused its email and website to go out.
But in the hour it was down, speculation that the outage was caused by a cyberattack was already circulating. Meanwhile, some people took to Twitter to make light of the situation.
Dan Frosch, a New York Times national correspondent based in Colorado:
‘Throwback Wednesdays’ at the NYT continues, in which customers have to actually buy the paper and reporters must use the Yellow Pages.— Dan Frosch (@djfroschNYT) August 14, 2013
Stephanie Strom, a New York Times business reporter:
Many folks in the newsroom may be seeing their editors for the first time in weeks .....— Stephanie Strom (@ssstrom) August 14, 2013
David Firestone, a member of the New York Times Editorial Board:
Papers used to help each other out during blackouts. Wonder if the WSJ would host our editorial blog today...— David Firestone (@fstonenyt) August 14, 2013
The Onion:
BREAKING: @nytimes Receives Pulitzer For Coverage Of ‘Http/1.1 Service Unavailable’ Story— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 14, 2013
One Twitter user takes a swipe at the Times’ paywall:
WHO’S REACHED THEIR ARTICLE LIMIT NOW, https://t.co/aZZmjkCvlM????????— Nick Greene (@NickGreene) August 14, 2013
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