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Google Cloud London Outage Sparks Revolut Service Meltdown
20 Oct
Summary
- Google Cloud services in London experienced disruptions Tuesday.
- Revolut reported a service outage linked to the Google Cloud issue.
- Card payments and ATM withdrawals were impacted for Revolut users.
On Tuesday, Google Cloud services experienced significant disruptions within its London region, affecting multiple functionalities. Simultaneously, the British digital bank Revolut reported a widespread service outage, with a source indicating the issue stemmed from the Google Cloud disruption.
Revolut's operational status page indicated that essential services such as card payments and ATM withdrawals were either entirely unavailable or functioning only partially. The bank issued a statement via X, confirming the service disruption and assuring its customer base that all funds and data were secure.
Google's engineering team was actively investigating the incident, which originated from a London-based data center. Separately, ING Germany also encountered technical difficulties, reporting login problems for its online banking and mobile app services.
