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Several Google Cloud services suffered a significant disruption on October 20, affecting Revolut payments and cash withdrawals and causing wider interruptions to financial and business services.

ANSA reported that millions of users were affected, particularly in Great Britain. The incident disrupted banks, websites and other business services, according to the supplied reports.

La Repubblica reported that multiple organizations in the United Kingdom, including HSBC and Royal Mail, were affected and linked the disruption to Google’s European data center in London. The publication also reported that Revolut said customer money and data were safe and that it was working to resolve the problem.

The technical explanation remained unsettled across the coverage. ANSA attributed the outage to an electrical failure, while Handelsblatt reported that the cause and full extent were still open. The supplied reports therefore do not consistently establish the precise cause or total scope of the disruption.

SOURCES

  1. La RepubblicaRevolut down, problemi per pagamenti e prelievi per un’interruzione di diversi servizi Google Cloud
  2. ANSAProblemi al cloud di Google, down di Revolut e altri servizi
  3. HandelsblattCloud-Dienste gestört: Großausfall bei Google führt zu Störungen bei Banken