eBay Outage Hits Website Functions from Sunday to Monday, Resolved by Tuesday Morning
An outage disrupted parts of the eBay website, affecting shoppers and sellers starting Sunday and continuing through Monday. The site returned to normal by Tuesday morning, with an Iran-linked hacktivist group claiming responsibility. eBay acknowledged intermittent issues and worked to restore functionality.
Coolcaesar / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Parts of the eBay website stopped working, disrupting shoppers and sellers, with the outage beginning on Sunday and continuing through Monday. By Tuesday morning, the site was functioning as intended again. Users were unable to complete tasks like paying for items.
m. Sunday and worsened as the evening continued. By then, there were more than 1,300 outage reports. That number dropped by half a little more than an hour later. Some sellers could not access the site's API during the outage.
“It’s been nearly 6 hours since the API went down, and we have no word from support,” one user wrote in a complaint. Another user complained that they couldn’t pay for the item they bought. The Iran-linked hacktivist group 313 Team claimed responsibility for the outage, saying on social media that it launched an attack targeting eBay.
That claim has not been verified. S. war with Iran. “We’re aware that some customers have been experiencing intermittent technical issues since Sunday afternoon on parts of the eBay platform,” a spokesperson said.
“Our teams are actively working to restore full functionality as quickly as possible.
Key Facts
Story Timeline
6 events- Tuesday morning
eBay site was working as intended again.
1 sourceThe Independent - Monday
eBay outage continued.
1 sourceThe Independent - Sunday evening (worsening)
eBay outage complaints worsened as Sunday evening continued.
1 sourceDowndetector - Sunday 10:30 p.m.
More than 1,300 eBay outage reports recorded.
1 sourceDowndetector - Sunday 3:30 p.m.
Complaints about eBay being down began to spike.
1 sourceDowndetector - Sunday
eBay outage began.
1 sourceThe Independent
Potential Impact
- 01
Short-term drop in user reports after peak, indicating partial recovery during outage.
- 02
Disruption to eBay sellers' ability to list and sell products, potentially affecting business operations.
- 03
Frustration among buyers unable to complete purchases, leading to delayed transactions.
- 04
Potential cybersecurity concerns if hacktivist claim is verified, affecting platform trust.
- 05
Broader implications for online marketplaces if linked to geopolitical conflicts like U.S.-Iran war.
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