Fire brings down authorize.net services
Details are still trickling in, but a fire in Authorize.net primary data center in Seattle took the service off line for a few hours today. The backup data center was also impacted, but details are still hazy. Service should be back online by the time you read this.
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Access through https
Merchants can currently access the Authorize.net accounts through the https url, although the main http site is still down. https://www.authorize.net/