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Google cloud failure hits millions as UK courts and banks knocked offline
Power glitch stalls hearings and Revolut, Lloyds and HSBC customers unable to pay or move moneyBusiness live – latest updatesAn outage at Google’s cloud services in the UK has caused widespread disruption, hitting courts and leaving millions of customers unable to access and send cash at banks including Lloyds, HSBC and Revolut.Google has blamed a “power event” for the failure at its London-based
Published Tuesday, 20 October 2026 at 09:45
Power glitch stalls hearings and Revolut, Lloyds and HSBC customers unable to pay or move moneyBusiness live – latest updatesAn outage at Google’s cloud services in the UK has caused widespread disruption, hitting courts and leaving millions of customers unable to access and send cash at banks including Lloyds, HSBC and Revolut.Google has blamed a “power event” for the failure at its London-based Cloud computing operations on Tuesday, which affected its “europe-west2-b zone”. Continue reading...
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