Massive Outage Disrupts "Majority Of Google's Services" Across US, Europe Tyler Durden Mon, 12/14/2020 - 07:51 Update (0800ET): Google says problems with its services "for the vast majority of users" should now be resolved. * * * Google was hit with a massive outage early Monday morning in New York as Gmail, Google Cloud, Google Classroom and pretty much all of the company's other cloud-based services went down, snarling business and education across the country. Starting at around 0653ET, the website Downdetector reported tens of thousands of user outage reports from the US, the UK and across Europe. User reports indicate Youtube TV is having problems since 6:59 AM EST. https://t.co/Aof8XRrMNJ RT if you're also having problems https://twitter.com/hashtag/youtubetvdown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); — Downdetector (@downdetector) https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/1338453574343385094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); User reports indicate Gmail is having problems since 6:56 AM EST. https://t.co/EsWw2oLYjH RT if you're also having problems https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gmaildown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); — Downdetector (@downdetector) https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/1338452678653997058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); User reports indicate Google is having problems since 6:56 AM EST. https://t.co/MK35emuk7T RT if you're also having problems https://twitter.com/hashtag/Googledown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); — Downdetector (@downdetector) https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/1338452686367240197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); User reports indicate Google Drive is having problems since 6:56 AM EST. https://t.co/rEmehduHfw RT if you're also having problems https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoogleDrivedown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); — Downdetector (@downdetector) https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/1338452689659826177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); User reports indicate Pokémon Go is having problems since 6:58 AM EST. https://t.co/EGsGhCh9ef RT if you're also having problems https://twitter.com/hashtag/pokemongodown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); — Downdetector (@downdetector) https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/1338453329962291201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); User reports indicate Google Classroom is having problems since 6:59 AM EST. https://t.co/mhdsqbRjFF RT if you're also having problems https://twitter.com/hashtag/googleclassroomdown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); — Downdetector (@downdetector) https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/1338453554844065792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); User reports indicate Google Home is having problems since 7:01 AM EST. https://t.co/YGBGopsMdB RT if you're also having problems https://twitter.com/hashtag/googlehomedown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); — Downdetector (@downdetector) https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/1338454030251663360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); User reports indicate Google Play is having problems since 7:01 AM EST. https://t.co/xe0bSNXasT RT if you're also having problems https://twitter.com/hashtag/GooglePlaydown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); — Downdetector (@downdetector) https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/1338454032432640001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); User reports indicate Google Hangouts is having problems since 7:26 AM EST. https://t.co/qaHYReOdBj RT if you're also having problems https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoogleHangoutsdown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); — Downdetector (@downdetector) https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/1338460368545452033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Errors range from "something went wrong" on YouTube, to "there was an error. Please Try again later. That’s all we know," when attempting to login to the company’s mail product. Google products were failing to load for users in New York, the UK and across Europe. Google confirmed to Bloomberg that the outage affected "the majority of its services according to a Workspace Status Dashboard, which monitors the health of its products." Fortunately for shareholders, the company’s search product continued to function correctly, as did its third-party ad business, which is Google’s main revenue driver. On social media, people made light of the situation, jauntily suggesting that Alphabet try "unplugging gmail then plugging it back in", or some variation on that line. "have they tried unplugging Gmail and plugging it back in again?" -- https://twitter.com/_SidVerma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); — Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1338454862149914625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Tech reporter Tom Chivers, meanwhile, captured the seriousness of the situation with a wisecrack. "Google's websites stop responding" is a 2020s version of the car breaking down outside a spooky cottage in the woods, or maybe of turning on Radio 4 and hearing only static — Tom Chivers (@TomChivers) https://twitter.com/TomChivers/status/1338453385855586304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); *checks out the window for falling warheads* — Tom Chivers (@TomChivers) https://twitter.com/TomChivers/status/1338453611005829123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); there's a particular fascinating aspect which is that it'll probably all be over in ≈10 minutes, but that Google will have to issue some massive statement to shareholders. We rely on these things so utterly that even a momentary failure is catastrophic. Reminds me of Good Omens: pic.twitter.com/fKIbg1HXN7 — Tom Chivers (@TomChivers) https://twitter.com/TomChivers/status/1338455747928203264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); He's right, of course, and we look forward to hearing Google's explanation on the outage. A couple additional points: The timing is interesting coming so soon after the government disclosure of the hack at the Treasury and other federal agencies, which was allegedly perpetrated by - who else? - Russia. Though it didn't last long, the outage also comes as federal prosecutors and state AGs launch their massive anti-monopoly push against big tech. Nothing says 'anti-monopoly crackdown' like a crippling outage that further disrupts the education of America's children, not to mention the millions of people trying to work from home who rely on these tools. Override Early Access On