Published 18:33 IST, December 14th 2020

YouTube, Gmail and other Google services face massive outage worldwide; company responds

YouTube, Gmail, Meet among other popular Google applications as well as services are appearing to face a major outage in India, both on browser and apps.

Reported by: Aanchal Nigam
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YouTube, Gmail, Meet among or popular Google applications as well as services are appearing to face a major out in India on December 14. From Gmail showing "Temporary Error (500)" to YouTube being redirected to "something went wrong" p, Google products crashing has furr caused a stir among internet users who are posting screenshots on social media with captions saying 'Google down'. Following confusion among netizens, YouTube India confirmed on Monday that y are "aware" of issues being faced by its users and said that company will inform with more information shortly.

Meanwhile, Google Drive services including Google Docs and or features collapsed midway leing all users to major inconvenience. Some users who were indulged in online classes, however, celebrated incident under hashtag #Googledown and 'YouTube down' with screenshots.

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Many users even posted about t being able to use Google services. However, Google crashing on December 14 coincides with reports on website and server out tracker, Downdetector. It also evidently states that re is a clear spike in number of reports on a possible server out for Google India after 5 PM (local time) on Monday.

Google is yet to confirm any reports of facing server out along with any or information regarding same. t only on browser but mobile applications of Google services including Youtube are t working. YouTube app on smartphones is down with a "could t connect to server" p being displayed. service appears to be down even for Apple or iOS users. 

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Because all services of Google are currently inaccessible, it is evident that Google India is dealing with server disruption at moment. However, Google's own work dashboard, that reflects any downtime on server or out of any apps, is yet to reflect any server downtime status as of w. 

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Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge Affected By rozek Malware Campaign

Google services on December 14 crashed just two after Microsoft on December 10 warned about a persistent malware campaign which is actively disturbing all major web browsers, including Google Chrome, Firefox and Edge. According to its blog post, Microsoft informed that malware campaign is build to inject fraudulent s into search result and siphon off users’ personal information. malware is called ‘rozek’ and it has been in circulation since May this year. It was also found across more than 30,000 devices per day as its peak spre this summer. 

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18:35 IST, December 14th 2020