US EditionPost Office Closed Amid Widespread National Outages
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 17 – More than 1,000 customers reported Post Office system failures causing nationwide branch closures and service disruption, with outages resolved within an hour, officials said.
- The Post Office experienced a major system outage across its branches nationwide this afternoon, including a full closure of Brighton Post Office due to a system crash.
- The outage began around lunchtime with increasing reports after 1:30pm, and the Post Office confirmed the issue is not related to a cyberattack but is caused by a technical glitch.
- Customers were unable to process transactions or send post and parcels, with many expressing frustration on social media after multiple failed attempts at different branches.
- The Post Office stated that they cannot provide a specific timeline for resolution but are working to fix the problems as quickly as possible and expressed regret for any inconvenience caused.
- Services were expected to resume by 4pm today, and later the Post Office confirmed that branch services had been restored nationwide, signaling resolution of the outage.
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