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PayPal Outage Disrupts Logins and Payments Across Multiple Countries

More than 6,000 reports in Germany point to a still-unexplained disruption tracked by monitoring sites.

Overview

  • Users began reporting problems on October 16 with widespread login failures and payment errors recorded on allestörungen.de and Downdetector.
  • Incident reports came from Germany as well as Austria and the United States, indicating cross-border impact.
  • Several users say the app displays error messages and the login button appears unresponsive.
  • One business reports being unable to access its account or create shipping labels, delaying hundreds of packages.
  • PayPal has not provided a confirmed cause or timetable for resolution, and monitoring sites continue to log new reports.