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Google Cloud Disruptions Hit Europe
Confirmed
In Short: Google Cloud reported network disruptions affecting multiple services at its London data center, impacting several European banks and services.
Google Cloud reported network disruptions affecting multiple services at its London data center, impacting several European banks and services on Tuesday.
According to the Daily Times (Pakistan), the outage caused elevated errors and intermittent network failures in its europe-west2 region, which serves the UK and other parts of Europe.
Google's service health website confirmed that several cloud services were experiencing problems, with disruptions first detected around 07:00 BST on Tuesday.
The Financial Express (Bangladesh) reported that a network failure affecting multiple Google Cloud services has disrupted websites and applications across Europe, with bank customers among those reporting issues.
Google confirmed on its Cloud Status page that it was experiencing problems with “multiple services in europe-west2,” and its engineering team was investigating a technical issue affecting its europe-west2 data center region in London.
Online bank Revolut was among the first to flag the disruption, reporting a “service disruption affecting multiple services” and assuring customers that their “money and data are safe,” the BBC reported.
UK high street bank Halifax acknowledged difficulties, saying in a post on X that it was “aware some customers are having issues” with its app and website.
DownDetector, an outage-tracking website, recorded a spike in reported issues across a number of websites and services on Tuesday morning, though it was not confirmed whether all affected companies use Google Cloud infrastructure.
A source close to the matter linked the bank’s problems to the Google Cloud outage, but Revolut did not confirm whether the problems were linked to the Google Cloud outage.
Customers attempting to log in to affected services have been met with an error message reading “Something went wrong,” advising them to try again later.
Google stated, “We’re currently experiencing an outage affecting multiple services. We can confirm that all customer funds and data are safe.”
The company added, “Our engineering team continues to investigate the issue.”
What this adds
The disruptions highlight the reliance of European businesses on Google Cloud services and the potential impact of outages on customer-facing applications.
What's confirmed
- Google Cloud reported network disruptions affecting multiple services at its London data center, impacting several European banks and services on Tuesday.
- According to the Daily Times (Pakistan), the outage caused elevated errors and intermittent network failures in its europe-west2 region, which serves the UK and other parts of Europe.
- Google's service health website confirmed that several cloud services were experiencing problems, with disruptions first detected around 07:00 BST on Tuesday.
- The Financial Express (Bangladesh) reported that a network failure affecting multiple Google Cloud services has disrupted websites and applications across Europe, with bank customers among those reporting issues.
- Google confirmed on its Cloud Status page that it was experiencing problems with “multiple services in europe-west2,” and its engineering team was investigating a technical issue affecting its europe-west2 data center region in London.
- Online bank Revolut was among the first to flag the disruption, reporting a “service disruption affecting multiple services” and assuring customers that their “money and data are safe,” the BBC reported.
- UK high street bank Halifax acknowledged difficulties, saying in a post on X that it was “aware some customers are having issues” with its app and website.
- DownDetector, an outage-tracking website, recorded a spike in reported issues across a number of websites and services on Tuesday morning, though it was not confirmed whether all affected companies use Google Cloud infrastructure.
- A source close to the matter linked the bank’s problems to the Google Cloud outage, but Revolut did not confirm whether the problems were linked to the Google Cloud outage.
- Customers attempting to log in to affected services have been met with an error message reading “Something went wrong,” advising them to try again later.
What's still developing
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