Security News > 2021 > January > Facebook users were mass-logged out Friday by configuration change
If you were logged out of Facebook tonight, you are not alone.
Facebook states that users were logged out of the social site due to a "Configuration change."
The mass Facebook logout occurred at approximately 8:30 PM EST on Friday, with users suddenly greeted by a message stating, "Session expired. Please login again."
Facebook said they are aware of the issue and believe a configuration change caused the mass logou.
"We're looking into reports that some people are currently having to login again to access their Facebook accounts," Facebook told BleepingComputer.
"On January 22, a configuration change caused some people to be logged out of their Facebook accounts. We investigated the issue and fixed it for everyone earlier today. We're sorry for the inconvenience." - a Facebook company spokesperson.