Google Cloud network failure... Website disruptions including Bank of England

(London = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = BBC, Reuters, and AFP reported on the 20th (local time) that a network failure occurred in Google Cloud, causing disruptions to various websites, including British financial and postal services.

Google said, "Multiple Google Cloud services are experiencing increased errors and intermittent network failures in the 'Europe-West 2' zone," and "our technology team is continuing to investigate."

‘Europe-West 2’ refers to a data center in London.

British digital bank Revolut said it was experiencing disruptions to several services. Users reported that card payments and cash withdrawals were not possible. One source said the issue was related to Google Cloud.

According to Downdetector, an online service failure tracking service, hundreds of reports of problems have been received with Britain's Lloyds Bank and HSBC Bank, real estate brokerage website 'Rightmove', and postal service Royal Mail.

In addition, British media reported that Barclays Bank, Bank of Scotland, and delivery company DPD are also experiencing disruptions.