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Zoom Outage Disrupts Service for Over 65,000 Users

The outage, which began Wednesday afternoon, remains unresolved with no official response from Zoom as of 3:35 p.m. EDT.

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Overview

  • Zoom users began experiencing significant service disruptions around 2:30 p.m. EDT, with reports surging to over 65,000 by 3 p.m. EDT.
  • Issues reported include problems with the website (46%), the app (38%), and login functionalities (16%), according to DownDetector.
  • As of 3:35 p.m. EDT, Zoom has not addressed the outage publicly or responded to media inquiries.
  • The outage follows an earlier disruption on Spotify, which impacted over 45,000 users but was resolved within three hours.
  • The incident highlights growing concerns over the reliability of major digital platforms and their communication during service disruptions.