Ian Bezek in Business News & OpinionsHeadlinesJune 2, 2019, 5:38 PM

Massive Google Cloud

Outage Nukes Snapchat,
Gmail, & YouTube
By CCN: Around 3:25 pm ET, a massive chunk of the internet went dark.
Google Cloud appears to be the source of the problems. This has led to outages
for YouTube, Discord, Google Photos, Search, News, Analytics, Gmail, and
various other services. It’s not just Google’s own applications either. Snapchat,
among other services hosted by Google, is also experiencing difficulties.

The Verge reported that the problems are mostly located on the US East Coast.
However, Twitter users have reported outages ranging from Europe to Brazil.
Google has acknowledged that there is a problem with the Google Cloud
Platform and is working on it:

Speculation Runs Rampant Amid

Crippling Google Outage
At the time of this writing, it’s unclear if Google is suffering from routine
problems or something more serious. Given all the cybersecurity news and
threats recently, some folks in the tin-foil hat crowd are suggesting that
Huawei or another Chinese entity may be mounting a cyber attack as the trade
war heats up.

Additionally, more than a few people have noted the suspicious timing of
Google’s outage. Remember that on Friday, news broke that the Department
of Justice is planning antitrust enforcement action against the company.