# YouTube 500 Internal Server Error **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 2, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-500-internal-server-error/562633 "2010-12-02T05:35:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-500-internal-server-error/562633/1 "2010-12-02T05:35:41Z")
I just tried to go to [www.youtube.com](http://www.youtube.com) and got this: > [@](#): > > 500 Internal Server Error > > Sorry, something went wrong. > > A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation. > > If you see them, show them this information: > wm0BJzGJfQ8mhNomnheOjYazjdWbD4N2kZ9Lice1KzWPSkVAbJdFLd5SveSW > eVCxWKYlVN-RRmqHpa5HjpTIaTNbyjvcxHRTIvLU4LXPpqUeanjOS3Sku9oz… [a whole page of this] Is that real? Or did they get hacked? ---
**Author:** ![ramel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ramel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ramel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-500-internal-server-error/562633/2 "2010-12-02T05:44:43Z")
Yes it’s real. No, they probably didn’t get hacked. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-500-internal-server-error/562633/3 "2010-12-02T05:45:49Z")
Thanks. FWIW, you can click on links to YouTube videos. Looks like it’s the homepage that’s down.