Rough start to the year for communication platform Slack, which is in the process of being acquired by CRM giant Salesforce
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Google Outage Affects Offices, Homes Worldwide
Google authentication failure knocks out broad array of services across the world, including Google Cloud, Google Suite, YouTube, Nest and Google Home
Facebook, WhatsApp And Messenger Services Crash In Europe
Significant outage for a number of Facebook services including Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram on Thursday for thousands of users
Amazon Web Services Restored After Outage
Amazon’s cloud service on Wednesday suffered a widespread outage impacting parts of the Internet, but normal AWS operations have now been restored
Twitter Blames Internal Change For Outage
Inadvertent change to internal systems knocks micro-blogging platform Twitter offline for over several hours on Thursday evening
Microsoft Cloud Services Outage Hits Office 365, Outlook
Cloud services from technology giant Microsoft laid low on Monday evening for a number of hours, by what seems to be a botched upgrade
Old TV Responsible For Welsh Village Broadband Outage
Openreach sends in its ‘SAS’ engineers! Old TV set found to be responsible for two years of broadband outages in Welsh village
Google Drive Outage In United States
Thousands of Google Drive users across the United States were unable to access the cloud storage platform for a number of hours on Tuesday
Santander Online Service Crashes Ahead Of Bank Holiday
Santander UK customers unable to access accounts online for hours on Friday amidst bank holiday weekend preparations and end-of-the-month surge
Google Services Including Gmail Suffer Disruption
Rare event. Disruption around the globe after outage hits Google services including Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Docs on Thursday morning
Spotify Service Suffers Worldwide Outage
Music streaming service Spotify suffers rare worldwide outage, amid reports that an outdated TLS certificate was to blame
Garmin Reportedly Victim Of Ransomware Attack
Ransomware attack has reportedly crippled internal systems at Garmin, although company only confirms ‘outage’ of services
Virgin Media Broadband Down, Thousands Impacted
Thousands of Virgin Media customers working from home are reportedly affected by outage, across various parts of the country
Vodafone Fixes Issue After Voice Outage
Vodafone customers on Tuesday experienced problems making and receiving voice calls, after a mistake was made in blocking spam calls
Virgin Media Outage Affects Tens Of Thousands
‘Intermittent’ outage strikes at peak time on Monday evening, as users across UK see disruption to wired and mobile data services
TSB Suffers Another Online Banking Outage
Hundreds of customers of British bank TSB were reportedly unable to access their online banking and mobile apps services on Wednesday
Coronavirus: Outage Impacts O2, EE, Vodafone, Three
Mobile networks crash, causing outage for some customers of O2, Vodafone, EE and Three. But it is not down to home working because of Coronavirus pandemic
Freeview Disruption Blamed On Atmospherics
Disruption of Freeview television services across the United Kingdom this week blamed on high pressure weather conditions
Facebook Suffers Outage On Thanksgiving
Outage across Facebook and Instagram services during peak time on the US thanksgiving holiday, but services are now restored
Twitter Slowly Recovers After Global Outage
Global outage “just about fixed” but problems are still ongoing after significant disruption
Wikipedia Website Knocked Offline By DDoS Attack
Outage for Wikipedia website last week after DDoS attack on the online encyclopaedia
Yahoo Mail Outage Impacts BT, Sky, TalkTalk Customers
Problems at Yahoo’s global emailing service has impacted British customers at Sky, BT and TalkTalk
RBS Natwest Websites Suffer Outage
Websites for RBS and Natwest suffer outage from 9am on Tuesday and problems are ongoing
British Airways IT Failure Results In Travel Chaos
Passengers face flight delays and long queues after IT failure during peak summer holiday period
Galileo Satellite Navigation System Suffers Major Outage
Disruption means receivers are not picking up usable signals ‘until futher notice’, reportedly due to a fault at a ground station in Italy
Facebook, WhatsApp Hit By Photo Glitch
Normal services resumed. Photo glitch with Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger now resolved
Google Calendar Hit By Global Outage
Users report being unable to recall their schedules and falling back on paper organisers
Apple Services Recovered After Tuesday Outage
Users of Apple services around the world suffer disruption on Tuesday, but services are now restored
Google Cloud Restored After Four-Hour Outage
The disruption affected Google’s online tools such as Gmail as well as those of third-parties, including Snapchat and Vimeo
Salesforce Customers Still Experiencing Issues After Major Outage
The outage began on Friday after the deployment of a database script that inadvertently granted users broad permissions over companies’ data