Customers faced hours of queues as Heathrow and Gatwick BA check-in desks grind to a halt
News outage
CloudFlare Suffers Major European Outage
Telia outage takes down CloudFlare - Internet users complain Slack, Reddit and other sites unavailable
MPs Lambast Government For Voter Registration Site Crash
Crash is the latest chapter in 'sad tale of government, the public sector and IT' say MPs
Apple Restores App Store, iCloud After Overnight Outage
Mac and iOS services go down, leaving Apple customers unable to download apps, backup data and use some cloud services
Salesforce Strikes Cloud Services Deal With AWS
Salesforce moved software onto AWS cloud in the hope of expanding its international services with minimal infrastructure spend
Google Apologises For Global Cloud Outage
Compute Engine bug rerouted all incoming global traffic for 18 minutes
Data Centre Outage Causes Drama For Theatre Ticket Seller
Data centres: "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." Rack's faulty network switch knocks out theatre ticketing system provider
Amazon Suffers Unexplained Website Outage
Amazon.com, AWS and Amazon Prime Music were all affected
Salesforce Customers Hit With 10-Hour Outage
One of Salesforce.com's EMEA instances went down for more than 10 hours overnight, problems caused by a "storage failure"
EE 4G Down In Parts Of UK After Data Centre Issues
Unspecified EE 4G service fault leaves many customers across the UK unable to access mobile internet services
IRS Restores Systems After Hardware Fault
Oh joy. Processing of tax returns resumes for Americans after a mystery IRS system outage on Thursday
Software Glitch Delays Delta Airlines Flights
Software outage delays two dozen Delta flights in the US, adding to growing number of aviation-computer incidents
BT Broadband Customers Suffer ‘Nationwide’ Outages
BT Broadband services are down in parts of the UK as customers vent anger on social media
Twitter Suffers Worldwide Outage
Web and mobile users left unable to login to social media platform - are you affected?
HSBC Says Online Banking Glitch ‘Not A Cyber-Attack’
HSBC Chief Operating Officer John Hackett claims problems due to “complex technical issue”
HSBC Customers Angry At Ongoing Online Banking Problems
HSBC customers suffer from further online problems, with services running at a “reduced capacity”
Christmas Floods Take Out Vodafone Data Centre In Leeds
Unprecedented flooding meant Vodafone engineers couldn’t access site following use of back-up batteries
HSBC Frustrates Customers With Online Banking Outage
Thousands of customers report problems accessing HSBC online accounts
BBC Website, iPlayer Outage Blamed On DDoS Attack
BBC blames “technical issue” for outages, but insiders point to a distributed denial of service attack
Barclays ‘Recovering’ From Weekend System Outage
A technical glitch that coincided with planned maintenance left customers unable to access cash
Three Suffers Nationwide Mobile Data Outage
Customers across the UK hit by 3G and 4G drop across Three network this morning
Mimecast Back To Normal After Cyber Attack
Customer access to Mimecast in the US resumes, after cloud firm was attacked with malicious traffic
AWS Recovers After Weekend Outage
AWS issue at an East Coast data centre caused weekend disruption for major websites
UK Suffers Major Skype Outage
Instant messaging service goes down across Britain this morning
Plusnet Suffers Major Internet Outage
So much for doing you proud – Plusnet broadband service goes down for several hours
Nest Outage Leaves Thousands In The Cold
Smart thermostat hit by bug that knocks out Nest mobile and web apps
C4L Resolves Service Outage, Blames Software Glitch
'Emergency maintenance' has now been completed after major outage for British data centre
Microsoft Hit With Office 365 Cloud Outage
Customers in North America were unable to access Exchange Online Wednesday evening, with some reports suggesting outage went global
NYSE 4-Hour Blackout Caused by Technical Glitch
Yesterday's glitch threw Wall Street into one of the biggest blackouts ever experienced, but the outage was reportedly not a cyber attack
Colt Data Centre Suffers Fire And Power Outage In Milan
Colt's Italian data centre goes down as firefighters attend the incident