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Google Cloud Outage Affects Services

20 Oct

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Revolut’s status page showed most of its services were unavailable or partially unavailable, including card payments and ATM withdrawals.

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LONDON - Multiple Google Cloud services experienced disruptions in the company’s London region on Oct 20, according to its service status page, while British digital bank Revolut also reported a service outage.

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The Guardian20 Oct

Revolut customers across the world encountered issues accessing their accounts, with problems affecting sign-ins, card payments, cash withdrawals, and cryptocurrency services due to what Revolut described as a “service disruption.” The company assured users that funds and data remain secure while they work on resolving the issue. This outage could be related to Google Cloud service disruptions reported in Europe.

Millions unable to use Revolut app or cards as company suffers ‘service disruption’ →

Daily Mail20 Oct

A major outage at Google Cloud's europe-west2 data center in London caused widespread disruption to hundreds of websites and apps starting around 7am BST on the specified day. Affected services include multiple banking applications, Rightmove, Royal Mail, NHS England, and HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Down Detector reported over 480 user-submitted reports of disruption affecting Lloyds Bank alone, with many users…

Chaos as massive Google outage crashes banking apps, with NHS and court service also affected →

Evening Standard20 Oct

Google apologized for a cloud outage that affected services in its London-based region, causing errors and network failures for multiple businesses relying on Google Cloud infrastructure. The disruption impacted services like card payments, transfers, and court hearings; over 1,500 people reported issues with Revolut alone. By early afternoon, Google reported the recovery of most workloads but advised customers to…

Banks and courts affected by disruption as Google apologises for cloud outage →

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Chaos as massive Google outage crashes banking apps, with NHS and court service also affected Daily Mail

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Revolut’s status page showed most of its services were unavailable or partially unavailable, including card payments and ATM withdrawals.
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Where to start Chaos as massive Google outage crashes banking apps, with NHS and court service also affected Daily Mail

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20 Oct Banks and courts affected by disruption as Google apologises for cloud outageGoogle apologized for a cloud outage that affected services in its London-based region, causing errors and network failures for multiple businesses relying on Google Cloud infrastructure. The disruption impacted services like card payments, transfers, and court hearings; over 1,500 people reported issues with Revolut alone. By early afternoon, Google reported the recovery of most workloads but advised customers to…Evening Standard
20 Oct Chaos as massive Google outage crashes banking apps, with NHS and court service also affectedA major outage at Google Cloud's europe-west2 data center in London caused widespread disruption to hundreds of websites and apps starting around 7am BST on the specified day. Affected services include multiple banking applications, Rightmove, Royal Mail, NHS England, and HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Down Detector reported over 480 user-submitted reports of disruption affecting Lloyds Bank alone, with many users…Daily Mail
20 Oct Millions unable to use Revolut app or cards as company suffers ‘service disruption’Revolut customers across the world encountered issues accessing their accounts, with problems affecting sign-ins, card payments, cash withdrawals, and cryptocurrency services due to what Revolut described as a “service disruption.” The company assured users that funds and data remain secure while they work on resolving the issue. This outage could be related to Google Cloud service disruptions reported in Europe.The Guardian
20 Oct Google Cloud services face outage in London, Revolut services down too
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