Google Cloud Outage Disrupts UK Banking Apps, NHS and Court Services
A disruption in Google Cloud's UK infrastructure affected banking apps, National Health Service systems and court services, with the digital bank Revolut among those reporting problems. Google said the issue was being addressed and services were recovering.
Key Facts
- —Google Cloud experienced a disruption affecting UK infrastructure.
- —Banking apps, including Revolut, were among the services affected.
- —National Health Service and court service systems also reported problems.
- —Google said engineers identified the issue and services were recovering.
- —The technical root cause has not been detailed by Google, and the full scope of affected businesses or government systems remains unclear.
A disruption in Google Cloud's UK infrastructure rippled across British life, knocking out or slowing services that people rely on for everyday business. Banking apps froze or failed to load, the digital banking firm Revolut among those affected, while systems tied to the National Health Service and the court service also experienced problems.
Google said its engineers identified the problem and that services were recovering as the day went on. The company has not detailed the technical root cause of the disruption, and it remains unclear how many individual businesses or government systems were affected.
For customers, the disruption meant an inability to check balances, move money or complete transactions through mobile banking apps. The NHS and court service disruptions raised separate concerns, since both handle sensitive, time-critical work — medical records and scheduling in one case, judicial proceedings in the other.
No estimate has been made public for how long the full recovery took or what financial cost, if any, resulted from the outage. Google's statement that services were recovering suggested the company considered the incident largely resolved, though it did not say whether all affected customers had been fully restored at the time of its update.
References
- 1.Reuters — reporting on the Google Cloud outage and affected sectors in the UK
- 2.BBC — coverage of Revolut, NHS and court service disruptions
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