Pinterest Blocked Amazon Servers Following Holiday Traffic Overload
Pinterest was forced to block Amazon and other sources submitting queries to their servers due to surging traffic and suspected malicious activity during Black Friday, according to Pinterest analytics service Pinfluencer.
Pinterest was forced to block Amazon and other sources submitting queries to their servers due to surging traffic and suspected malicious activity during Black Friday, according to Pinterest analytics service Pinfluencer.
The outage lasted from November 23rd at 11:30 p.m. PST to November 24th at 3:00 p.m. PST.
Although Pinfluencer operates independently of Pinterest, the tool is affected by what happens on the site. In an email to customers, the Pinfluencer team explained that the downtime briefly affected its ability to track Pinterest metrics such as the number of followers, pins, repins, likes, and comments for profiles, brand pages, and boards for customers.
The outage did not remove individual pins or affect promotions tracking.
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