The entire Authorize.Net infrastructure went down several hours ago.  Authorize.Net is the largest service for accepting credit card payments via the internet.  With Authorize.net down, millions of web-based transactions are frozen.
Authorize.Net has, very smartly, established a new Twitter account (@AuthorizeNet) to keep people informed about their recovery efforts.
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