Using its official Twitter account, the Central Intelligence Agency publicly announced that they weren't the ones responsible for the problem, before offering netizens probably the most popular advice one might get when calling IT support: "Did you try turning it off and back on again?"

Many social media users seemed to appreciate the agency's sense of humour, responding with jokes and quips of their own.

Some, however, opted instead to remind CIA of some less amusing issues the organisation allegedly is involved in.

Many Twitter users also used this opportunity to quip about their social media platform working just fine amid this breakdown.