Google outage disrupts UK banks, postal and property services

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 12:32 · Archive

A Google Cloud outage affecting London-based servers has disrupted Lloyds Bank, HSBC, Revolut, Royal Mail, DPD and Rightmove.

Multiple UK financial services and online platforms went down after a Google Cloud outage affected servers in the Europe-west2 region. The disruption, which started late Monday evening, impacted banking apps and websites at Lloyds Bank and HSBC, the digital banking service Revolut, postal operator Royal Mail, courier firm DPD and property portal Rightmove.

Google reported an issue with multiple services in the affected region. The extent of the outage and when services were restored was not detailed in the available reports.

How it is being reported

• Revolut, Lloyds Bank, HSBC, Royal Mail, DPD and Rightmove all impacted as Google outage causes chaosThe issue is understood to be linked to an IT incident affecting Google Cloud. Google reported an issue with multiple services in the “Europe-west2” region, believed to be London, since late evening on Monday.Blackpool Gazette · 20 Oct, 11:49
• Lloyds Bank, HSBC, Royal Mail, DPD and Rightmove all impacted as Google outage causes chaosLloyds Bank, HSBC, Revolut, Royal Mail, DPD and Rightmove are all impacted as Google outage disrupts servicesLancashire Post · 20 Oct, 11:28

In this story: Lloyds Bank · HSBC · Revolut · Royal Mail · DPD · Rightmove · Google · London

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