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Hargreaves Lansdown Apologizes for Major IT Outage

3/21/2026

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  • Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK's largest DIY investment platform, apologized for IT issues disrupting account access.
  • Users faced problems logging in, viewing portfolios, and executing transactions, while the company said there was no cyber incident and assets remained secure.
  • Downdetector reported a surge in problem reports, and the outage occurred just before the end of the financial year amid fluctuating oil and gas prices and a FTSE 100 drop.