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Massive Outage Hits Google Cloud, Spotify, Discord Users

6/13/2025

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On June 12, a major outage disrupted popular online platforms like Google Cloud, Spotify, and Discord, leaving users frustrated. Spotify faced over 46,000 reported issues, while Discord had 11,000. Google attributed the chaos to an Identity and Access Management problem. Thankfully, by late afternoon, most services were back up and running, restoring connectivity for millions.

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Story summary

On June 12, a major outage disrupted popular online platforms like Google Cloud, Spotify, and Discord, leaving users frustrated. Spotify faced over 46,000 reported issues, while Discord had 11,000. Google attributed the chaos to an Identity and Access Management problem. Thankfully, by late afternoon, most services were back up and running, restoring connectivity for millions.