CIA breaks its silence on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp going down worldwide 

world became restless on Wednesday after Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook users across globe complained of problems accessing and using social media platforms. Surprising just about everybody and thrilling m just as much, Central Intelligence ncy (CIA) responded to issue. 

 pan-world outr emerged after  apps which are owned by social media giant Facebook suddenly stopped working. With platform to express ir angst over meltdown, Netizens took to Twitter which soon became a battleground for emotions and anger over disruption of services. Being last resort for taking out ir frustration on, Twitteratti started using hashtags #InstagramDown and #FacebookDown which soon found a place in trends list.

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A tweet from CIA provided some humour and salvation. ncy's tweet indicated that y too suffered from mishap. In dition, y also denied being ones responsible for problem and said that y can't find a way to fix it eir. Here's what Uncle Sam's prime ncy tweeted:

CIA, which joined, Instagram earlier this year in April also used hashtag #InstagramDown. Trying to come up with an obvious solution, y also suggested users to try turning apps off and back on again:

"Did you try turning it off and back on again?" y wrote

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Ever since ncy's tweet surfaced, it has gone viral with over 23,000 likes and more than 6,500 retweets. In dition, waves of reactions from fellow Netizens followed as y started giving meme and GIF references to ir tweet. t everything brought CIA's claim that y were t involved:

People also started referring to CIA's 'turn it off and back on again' suggestion:

Here's ar one:

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It went on as people were surprised at CIA's humorous stance during breakdown of se apps:

However, Facebook updated and said that it was "back at 100 percent" on Wednesday evening. A company spokesperson, who also spoke on behalf of Instagram and WhatsApp, explained that a "routine maintenance operation" accidentally triggered a bug that me it difficult for users to uplo or send photos and videos.