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UPI Outage Affects Thousands Nationwide

CosmicTaco · 2025-03-27T11:35:41.118092+05:30

- Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services were disrupted nationwide due to technical issues. - The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) cited 'intermittent technical issues' as the cause. - Users faced difficulties making payments through apps like Google Pay and Paytm. - The outage follows a ransomware attack in August 2024 that impacted UPI services for small banks. - Services were restored late on March 26, according to NPCI's post on X. Source: [Inc42](https://inc42.com/buzz/upi-down-for-thousands-of-users-across-country/?_gl=1*1eskdkx*_gcl_au*MTMwODg2MjMuMTczNzY5NjMzMA..*_ga*MTE1MDE4MjYyMi4xNzM3Njk2MzMw*_ga_67F2T4M6Z5*MTc0MzA1NTQxMi4xMy4wLjE3NDMwNTU0MTIuNjAuMC4w)

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services were disrupted nationwide due to technical issues.
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) cited 'intermittent technical issues' as the cause.
Users faced difficulties making payments through apps like Google Pay and Paytm.
The outage follows a ransomware attack in August 2024 that impacted UPI services for small banks.
Services were restored late on March 26, according to NPCI's post on X.

Source: Inc42