UK Banks Are Affected by a Power Outage That Affects Google Cloud Services

Six hours after the incident began, at 1210 GMT, Google reported in a service health update that most services had resumed normal operation. In reference to its London data center, the US tech giant stated, “We are witnessing the recovery of services for most workloads in Europe-West2.

Google reported that an interruption “due to a power event” affected its cloud services, which started around 0608 GMT. A source close to the situation blamed the Google Cloud issues for the disruption of services for the digital bank Revolut, including ATM withdrawals, bank transfers, and bank card top-ups.

Customers had problems with banking services at UK firms Lloyds and HSBC. Lloyds said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon, “We expect all our services to be back to normal soon, as we understand the root issues have been resolved.

Tracker for internet services According to Downdetector, hundreds of reports show issues with UK businesses, including the Royal Mail postal service, the delivery service DPD, and the real estate website Rightmove.

HSBC said its clients had “difficulties accessing our services” and promised to keep an eye on the issue, which is also affecting other businesses.

A Revolut representative apologized “to anyone affected and for any inconvenience caused” and said the bank has been “working to fix the issue since it was identified.”The representative continued in a statement, “We can ensure that all of our customers’ money and data are safe.

Google promised to release a comprehensive incident report within the next few days. The outage has rekindled concerns about the world’s reliance on cloud services, which give companies on-demand IT capabilities without requiring significant investment in pricey server farms.

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