Monday, January 4, at the end of the afternoon, it was no longer possible to log in to Slack or send messages. Messaging is used by at least twelve million people every day.
The World
Professional messaging Slack is victim this Monday January 4, of a “blackout” affecting all its services. For most of the app’s users, it was no longer possible to log into Slack or send messages: a page dedicated to the service’s operating status indicates that all features are affected. In a message to its customers and users, the Slack teams – headquartered in San Francisco – explain that an investigation into the origin of this failure was still underway, around 6 p.m. (Paris time).
While the company was already experiencing strong growth before the pandemic due to SARS-CoV -2, the health situation in 2020 greatly influenced its use around the world, with many companies increasing their use of teleworking. At the end of March 2020, as many countries took containment measures, the company had registered more than twelve million users logged in simultaneously . Slack was then acquired by the American Salesforce in December 2020, for an amount of $ 27.7 billion .