Minecraft is updating on (from what I heard) october 26th, so I doubt they're updating.
Minecraft.net is just down, everything else (login.minecraft.net, session.minecraft.net, account.mojang.com, auth.mojang.com and skins.mojang.com) is still up.
EDIT:
"There are problems with our infrastructure that means our sites and services might not work for a while, hopefully it will be fixed soon."
-xlson from mojang, 37 mins ago