The biggest tech fails of 2021

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There were times this year when technology misfired or failed to work entirely — from giant internet outages and crippling ransomware attacks to a series of issues for Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook.

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The company had used a new product in its app called OnAir to broadcast the information about the suspect, but said it failed to follow its own verification protocols before circulating the information.This year, ransomware attacks — in which hackers get access to a computer system and, essentially, hold a company hostage for money — rose sharpy, particularly those targeting businesses and critical infrastructure.

The Fastly outage was spotted within a minute and lasted less than an hour for most affected websites, while Akamai let customers know of the problem within seconds and was able to fix it within four hours . Then, on Monday, a major outage shut down Facebook, WhatApp, and Instagram for hours, which it blamed on"configuration changes." Its stock plunged in trading as the company contended with the dueling issues of an outage and blowback from Haugen's television appearance. And it braced for more regulatory scrutiny as Haugen was set to testify the following day before members of Congress.

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