Google cloud failure hits millions as UK courts and banks knocked offline

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:45:39 GMT

Services restored for most users, but power fault stalled hearings and left Revolut, Lloyds and HSBC customers unable to pay or move moneyAn outage at Google’s cloud services in the UK has caused widespread disruption, hitting courts and leaving millions of customers unable to access or send cash at banks including Lloyds, HSBC and Revolut.Google blamed a “power event” for the failure at its London-based Cloud computing operations on Tuesday, which affected its “europe-west2-b zone”. Continue reading...

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