![]() The hashtags £FacebookDown, £instagramdown and £whatsappdown were all trending worldwide on Twitter. It is not the first time Facebook-owned platforms have been affected by an outage, as a similar incident occurred over two years ago. In an apology to its users, Google said the issue was resolved in under an hour. ![]() The company said the outage had occurred within its authentication system, which is used to log people into their accounts, due to an "internal storage quota issue". ![]() Google saw all its major apps, including YouTube and Gmail, go offline, leaving millions unable to access key services. The firm said it managed to get 95% of the network operating back to normal within 49 minutes. While some websites were knocked completely offline, others suffered image loading problems - including Twitter's emojis - and news publishers were forced to use other platforms to report on the situation.įastly said the issues experienced were down to an "undiscovered software bug" in its system which was triggered by a single unnamed customer who updated their settings. It was linked to US firm Fastly, which helps speed up loading times by storing versions of a company's website in local servers, meaning less data has to be transferred from long distances. The impact was also felt by notable media outlets including The Guardian and Independent, as well as the likes of Reddit, Amazon and Spotify. ![]() The Government's website was among a range of websites affected by a major outage earlier this year. Reports at the time suggested the problem was linked to a performance product offered by Akamai, an American firm which began investigating the issue. Here is what happened in previous outages and how the issues were resolvedĪ number of websites including HSBC, ITV and Waitrose were affected by a brief outage.īarclays, TSB, the Bank of Scotland, Tesco Bank and Sainsbury's Bank were either entirely or partially inaccessible for a short period.Īirbnb, the PlayStation Network and Steam also experienced the temporary glitch, with some showing users a DNS error. ![]()
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