Google cloud failure hits millions as UK courts and banks knocked offline
A power event at Google's europe-west2-b zone in London caused widespread disruption across cloud services on Tuesday. Multiple services including courts and financial institutions were taken offline, leaving customers unable to perform banking transactions. Google's infrastructure team investigated the incident; services were restored for most users. The outage highlighted the risks of concentrated cloud dependencies.
Key points
- Power fault at Google's London cloud zone affected multiple sectors including courts and banks
- Lloyds, HSBC and Revolut customers couldn't access or move money during outage
- Services restored after incident, investigation ongoing
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