I don't really care that it states that, it's just something I noticed when making sure, if there isn't some unannounced emergency server shut-down. But thanks for pointing out, that it's been there for this long.
I don't really know how to exactly fix this, than just letting mods know about this issue, which is obviously happening to multiple people. I'm simply gonna try waiting 'till tomorrow.
In my case, it has lasted for about five hours so far. And I don't remember ever encountering the error code 8 for such a long time without it affecting many more people(any major shut-down)