Security News > 2022 > April > WhatsApp is currently down with users reporting connection issues
WhatsApp is down according to user reports mentioning issues connecting to the messaging platform and the inability to send messages although still connected.
Outage site DownDetector shows thousands of user reports that started streaming in around 4:15 PM EST, with affected WhatsApp users reporting the same issues from Europe, North and South America, and Asia.
The company has issued a statement on Twitter, acknowledging the outage and saying that its engineers are working on fixing the ongoing issues.
"You may be experiencing some issues using WhatsApp at the moment," WhatsApp tweeted earlier today.
In early October, WhatsApp experienced a five-hour-long worldwide outage together with Facebook and Instagram following a BGP routing issue.
Update: According to an update issued by WhatsApp, the connection issues should now be fixed and users can again get back to their chats.