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Google Cloud outage hits Revolut and UK services
The Indian Express·
Google said on Tuesday that multiple cloud services in europe-west2 were hit by network failures. The issues began around 07:00 BST, about 11:38 AM IST. UK bank Revolut reported disruption and said customer money and data were safe. Downdetector showed rising reports for Lloyds Bank, HSBC, Royal Mail and Sky. Google said engineers were investigating without naming a root cause.
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What It Means For You
- Revolut users saw service disruption while the bank said balances and data remained safe.
- Halifax told customers its app and website were affected and that phone banking still worked.
- Budgeting app Emma said its outage was technical, not a security incident.
What's Happening
- Google Cloud Status reported an issue with multiple services in europe-west2.
- Delivery firm DPD reported website connection problems on its Irish account.
- Lloyds told the BBC some online services were affected while its app was functioning normally.
What Remains Unconfirmed
- The Indian Express noted it is not confirmed that every Downdetector spike is linked to Google Cloud.
- Google had not disclosed the root cause when the report was published.
- Emma said London Google Cloud services had been affected since 7 am.
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