India, Jan. 15 -- Verizon, one of the United States' largest wireless cell service providers, saw a massive outage on Wednesday as hundreds of thousands users reported that they had no network and their phones were stuck in SOS mode.

Users across iPhone, Android, and other devices reported the outage on social media and Down Detector, a platform that tracks outages based on reports from users. At the peak of the outage, more than 185,000 Verizon users reported facing issues with the network on Down Detector.

The nationwide outage has sparked questions around what caused it. From a cyberattack to an infrastructure glitch, a lot of reasons are being peddled on social media. However, as of now, an official cause behind the outage has not b...