It wasn't the Russians: Google explains the flaw that took it offline last week
Sad news for armchair geopolitical strategists, Google confirmed that the site was down last week due to a problem caused by the system of identifying people when they are online. Many accused Russian hackers of having taken down the services, but, according to the company itself, that was not the cause.
According to Bloomberg, Google has a program to check users who have logged into its applications. This tool was updated in October and began to record some data incorrectly. This is what took the sites offline.
On its official website, Google apologized for the issues caused last week. “We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and continued support,” the company said. “Rest assured that system reliability is a top priority for Google and we are continually making improvements to make our systems better.”
New Year's scare
Last Monday (14/12), Gmail and YouTube went down for about 47 minutes. The following day, Gmail and other Google services were also down. Users reported that when they tried to log in to email service received the following message: “The email account you tried to access does not exist.”
It is estimated that in the first hour of the crash alone, in the United Kingdom alone, Google received around 19 complaints about service instability.
It is worth remembering that in addition to the best-known services such as Google, Gmail and YouTube, the company also has G Suite, a corporate solutions platform similar to Office that is used by several companies.
These problems weren't the only ones Google has faced recently. According to The Verge, Android users have also reported failures and difficulties in sending and receiving SMS messages, on the 10th, in the United States. Exchanging text messages is still very popular in the country.
Through which channels you reach those people, classic and out of the box. Phone Arena
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