Slack starts the year with a global outage

Many people heading back for their first day of work in the new year are finding it a bit harder than anticipated, as the messaging service Slack experiences a global outage

Slack the messaging services used by millions of people for work and school, suffered a global outage on Monday, the first day back for most people returning from the New Year's holiday.

“Our team is currently investigating and we’re sorry for any troubles this may be causing," Slack said in a prepared statement.

The outage began around 10 a.m. Eastern time and disrupted service in the U.S., Germany, India, the U.K., Japan and elsewhere. Slack said that people should check https://status.slack.com for updates.