Monday, February 28, 2011

150,000 Google Users Lose Access to Email Accounts

Google has had a major, cloud failure via its Gmail email service. According to reports, the problem affected approximately 150,000 accounts at the service, and prevented users from accessing their accounts. The problem cropped up Sunday evening. As of 9am Monday morning, Google reported that the issue was still under investigation. Google said its engineers are looking at the issue, and hopes to have "everything back to normal soon."