# Is the ESPN website currently being attacked by a bug or virus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-espn-website-currently-being-attacked-by-a-bug-or-virus/817440 "2018-07-06T22:45:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-espn-website-currently-being-attacked-by-a-bug-or-virus/817440/1 "2018-07-06T22:45:55Z")
The ESPN homepage currently features a headline of Brazil shrinks the gap against Belgium even though the game has been over for hours. It shows a score of Belgium 2 Brazil 0 at the 73rd minute. When I load the site with the Safari browser on my iPhone the phone starts acting bizarre. A swirling circle appears next to the LTE and won’t disappear even after I close the browser window. My phone started to act slow after this, requiring that I turn it off and back on. It happened a second time when I looked at the ESPN site again. This isn’t happening with any other website. Could this be some type of virus that is affecting the ESPN website? ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-espn-website-currently-being-attacked-by-a-bug-or-virus/817440/2 "2018-07-07T01:01:31Z")
Disney is having a bad day. I’ve read that all of disney Internet stuff is messed up including park stuff ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-espn-website-currently-being-attacked-by-a-bug-or-virus/817440/3 "2018-07-07T02:02:13Z")
I had the same headline and same 2-0 score in the same 73rd minute, also after the game was ended. None of the other stuff though. Guess I lucked out…