# Historic Google downtime

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/historic-google-downtime/89409>\
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**Created:** [May 8, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/historic-google-downtime/89409 "2005-05-08T01:01:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![darog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@darog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/darog)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/historic-google-downtime/89409/1 "2005-05-08T01:01:43Z")

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Google (search, gmail, adwords) was reportedly down for upto an hour at around 1:00 GMT+2. At this point, no official statement has been made. This is the first time in Google’s history that it has been globally unavailable.

[http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000610042620/](http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000610042620/)

[http://www.gigaom.com/2005/05/07/google-hacked/](http://www.gigaom.com/2005/05/07/google-hacked/)