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Report: Google says Cloud in its London region is "experiencing issues" starting on Monday at 23:08 PDT; a source says a major Revolut outage is due to Google Cloud
- Current status
- Reported
- Companies
- Google Cloud
- Happened
- Oct 20, 4:11 AM PT
- Last updated
- Oct 20, 4:14 AM PT (revision 1)
- Evidence
- 1 report · 1 independent chain (adjudicated)
What happened
Bloomberg (via Techmeme) reported: "Google says Cloud in its London region is "experiencing issues" starting on Monday at 23:08 PDT; a source says a major Revolut outage is due to Google Cloud".
Why it matters
A security or safety incident involving Google Cloud bears directly on whether customers and regulators can trust the AI systems they increasingly depend on.
Uncertainty
Reported by Bloomberg; not independently confirmed.
Evidence and provenance
- First reportchain: bloombergGoogle says Cloud in its London region is "experiencing issues" starting on Monday at 23:08 PDT; a source says a major Revolut outage is due to Google Cloud (Bloomberg)Techmeme · published Oct 20, 4:11 AM PT · techmeme.com · rev 1Original report (Bloomberg): bloomberg.com