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Bud Light parent company Anheuser-Busch's website mysteriously goes offline for two hours - days after it sparked controversy over partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney
Daily Mail UK ^ | April 5, 2023 | Keith Griffith

Posted on 04/05/2023 2:16:57 PM PDT by Morgana

The main website of Bud Light parent Anheuser-Busch went offline for several hours on Wednesday, days after musician Kid Rock publicly feuded with the brewery for tapping a transgender influencer as a brand spokesperson.

The outage persisted for more than two hours, with the company's main website, Anheuser-Busch.com, displaying a message reading: 'The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred'.

The website seemed to resume functioning shortly before 4.30pm ET. The outage appeared to affect only the Anheuser-Busch site, while websites for the brewery's brands such as Bud Light and Busch Light remained functional.

As well, the website for AB InBev, the Belgian multinational conglomerate that owns St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, was also working normally. AB InBev did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Emails to Anheuser-Busch requesting comment were not immediately returned, and the company's phone message system directed inquiries to the website.

It was not immediately clear whether the site outage was due to routine technical issues, or could possibly be the result of a malicious attack.

However, the outage persisted for well over two hours. One security researcher, speaking anonymously to share speculation, said the outage might have been caused by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, a temporary assault that knocks an internet service offline by flooding it with spam traffic.

DDoS attacks are relatively primitive and easy to carry out, and usually do not cause lasting damage. Most large companies and websites are well-protected against such attacks.

However, there was no immediate evidence that the outage was caused by malicious activity targeting the brewery.

The outage came several days after Bud Light's partnership with trans content creator Dylan Mulvaney drew high-profile backlash.

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TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: anheiserbusch; beer; biden; bidenbeer; boycottbud; budlight; budweiser; buttlight; dylanmulvaney; homosexualagenda; tranheuserbusch; trans
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To: Morgana

It’s a transsite.


21 posted on 04/05/2023 2:41:11 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: fretzer

Good point.


22 posted on 04/05/2023 2:41:23 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Morgana

Noosecar is just as WOKE as Anheuser Busch since Brian France inherited the reins.


23 posted on 04/05/2023 2:42:37 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

They will never apoligize.


24 posted on 04/05/2023 2:42:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I predict the Mother of all apologies, with AB marketing executives getting the heave-ho.

The executives will be rewarded because they did their job well. These companies aren't going broke because they went woke; they're going woke because they're already going broke.

Bud Light in particular has been in significant decline since at least 2017. Instead of carrying a declining product line, the board decides it's time to cash out in a variation of the classic "pump and dump" scheme. Put out an outrageous promotion for a brand that they want to unload or kill off anyway, stir up a bunch of controversy to make some money all at once, and walk away from it.

It's intentionally hiding stock fraud behind "best intentions" in the name of "diversity and being inclusive". If anyone points out what they did, insist the accusers are racist, haters, misogynists, transphobic, or whatnot.

25 posted on 04/05/2023 2:44:23 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Morgana

Tranheuser Busch


26 posted on 04/05/2023 2:44:31 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: BrexitBen

I don’t watch it, never did so I would not know.


27 posted on 04/05/2023 2:44:59 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

Bud “Light in the Loafers”


28 posted on 04/05/2023 2:49:31 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: Morgana

We know why, It is oil wrestling time for all the woke bois.


29 posted on 04/05/2023 2:52:48 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Morgana

Fag Lite will get what it deserves. F’em.


30 posted on 04/05/2023 2:52:58 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

There will be no apologies... But Bubba and company won’t forget.


31 posted on 04/05/2023 2:54:40 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: cdcdawg

Tranheuser-Busch

The choice of Tranny’s everywhere.


32 posted on 04/05/2023 2:54:44 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Because it’s all about commitment...

WSWYDT


33 posted on 04/05/2023 2:57:01 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL . )
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To: Morgana

Lots of free publicity


34 posted on 04/05/2023 3:00:18 PM PDT by algore
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To: FLT-bird

Tranheuser Busch

Winning phrase for the Tranny Fluid


35 posted on 04/05/2023 3:04:05 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL . )
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To: algore

Lots of free bad publicity


36 posted on 04/05/2023 3:07:49 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

AB should find a modern day selling wizard.

https://youtu.be/_ufnr9FAHtA


37 posted on 04/05/2023 3:10:06 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: OHPatriot

I like it! That name needs to stick big-time.


38 posted on 04/05/2023 3:26:16 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Pray that this culture doesn't get God's judgment. )
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To: Morgana

This is their link:
https://www.ab-inbev.com/our-brands/


39 posted on 04/05/2023 3:31:39 PM PDT by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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To: Morgana

DON’T BUY THEIR CRAP!


40 posted on 04/05/2023 4:07:37 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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