INTRODUCTION:
Google controls about a third of the surface internet. Monday, 14th December, 2020, all of Google services suddenly disappeared. It caused a pandemonium across the world. Users were unable to access emails, kicked out of ongoing Google meeting sessions. The crash had become one of the biggest social media trends. In total, the outage only lasted one hour. Not only consumers are dependent on Google but many businesses. So much commerce and people’s livelihood rely on Google. The outage affected billions of people worldwide. Companies using Google such as Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Spotify, etc. were all affected. Billions of people were affected by this outage worldwide.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Google spokeswoman told the wall street journal that there was a problem with the company system that authenticates log-in credentials. The problem was due to internal servers and was not the result of a cyber attack.
CONCLUSION:
Google’s outage can be seen as a stark reminder of our hyper-contentedness. The solution to this is there are alternatives to Google for every service they provide. It really comes down to the individual person or business what it all comes down to is trading in some of that convenience that we have all gotten used to.
