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Google Cloud Outage Hits UK Banking and Services, Disrupting Revolut, HSBC and Lloyds
Read this in the Market Flux appA Google Cloud outage in its London and western Europe region knocked out dozens of websites and online services on Tuesday morning, with disruptions beginning around 7 a.m. London time. Google acknowledged errors and intermittent network failures on its service status page, though the cause was not immediately clear.
The outage hit a broad range of services, with digital bank Revolut among the hardest affected, leaving customers unable to make card payments, transfers or withdrawals. HSBC, Lloyds Bank, Royal Mail, Rightmove, delivery firm DPD and home repair retailer Screwfix were among others reported down, according to tracking site Down Detector. A person familiar with the matter confirmed to Reuters that Revolut's outage was directly tied to the Google Cloud disruption.
The incident renewed concerns about how vast portions of the internet depend on a small number of cloud infrastructure providers, with a single regional failure capable of simultaneously disabling banks, retailers, logistics firms and other unconnected businesses.
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- BbcRevolut outage hits 'multiple services' as thousands of users report app issues
- SkyNewsBREAKING: Multiple online services are down or 'experiencing issues.' Google Cloud has reported "issues" in its western Europe region affecting dozens of websites, including; Revolut, Royal Mail and HSBC. Latest updates ➡️ 📺 Sky 501
- InvestingGoogle Cloud outage disrupts Revolut and other services
- WsjRevolut Hit by Widespread Outage Affecting Payments, Transfers, Withdrawals
- BusinessAn outage at Google Cloud knocked out banking services in the UK including Revolut early on Tuesday
- Ny TimesGoogle Reports Cloud Disruptions in Europe Region
- The DefiantRevolut Disruption Hits Payments and Crypto Services
- Osint613Dozens of websites are down across western Europe after Google Cloud issues, including Revolut, Royal Mail and HSBC. Sky News
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- BusinessInsiderGoogle Cloud is experiencing outages that appear to have knocked out a number of banking services in the UK, including Revolut.
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- ReutersGoogle Cloud services largely back up in UK
- MarketsdayHalifax and Revolut were among a string of UK businesses hit by a disruption to Google Cloud on Tuesday.
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- BNNBloombergGoogle Cloud outage hits U.K. banks
- EuronewsA power outage at a Google Cloud data centre in London caused serious network disruptions to its services Tuesday, the US tech giant said.