eBay is currently grappling with a widespread global outage that has disrupted key services for users across multiple regions. The issue began late Sunday and extended into Monday, April 27, 2026, with a sharp increase in error reports affecting both buyers and sellers. While the platform remains partially operational, users are experiencing major functionality breakdowns, including slow-loading pages, failed searches, and checkout errors that prevent transactions from being completed.
A major point of disruption appears to be eBay’s API infrastructure, which powers a wide range of third-party tools and integrations used by sellers to manage listings, inventory, and orders. Many users have reported that API-dependent systems are either unresponsive or completely down, significantly impacting business operations. Sellers relying on automation tools have been particularly affected, as they are unable to update listings or process orders efficiently during the outage.
The situation escalated further when the hacktivist group 313 Team publicly claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they launched a large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the platform. Although this claim has not been officially confirmed by eBay, the nature of the disruption—particularly the widespread service slowdown and intermittent accessibility aligns with typical symptoms of a DDoS attack, where overwhelming traffic is used to cripple systems.
Despite growing user frustration, eBay’s official system status pages have not fully reflected the severity of the outage, often indicating that services are operational. This mismatch between official communication and real user experience has led to confusion and criticism, with some users reporting that the disruption has lasted for several hours without clear updates. Customer support responses have also been limited, offering little insight into the timeline for resolution.
Engineers are currently investigating the root cause of the outage and working to restore full functionality as quickly as possible. Whether the disruption is solely due to a cyberattack or involves additional technical failures remains unclear. The incident highlights the increasing vulnerability of major digital platforms to coordinated attacks and underscores the importance of robust cybersecurity defenses and transparent communication during service disruptions.
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