Google Cloud Outage Disrupts UK Banks and Courts — SkimNews
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- Google Cloud services went down in the UK, with banks among the affected organizations in AP News and Reuters coverage.
- UK public-sector services reported issues alongside banks, broadening the reported disruption beyond financial institutions.
- Google Cloud attributed the outage affecting banks and court video links to a “power event.”
- Google Cloud disruptions were also reported across Europe, placing the reported footprint beyond the UK-focused banking account.
Why it matters: Google Cloud's outage reached three named UK service areas—banks, public-sector services and court video links—and was also reported in Europe. That makes the provider a shared dependency across finance and civic operations in the incident, rather than an issue confined to banks.
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