Washington | On the first day of the first workweek of the year, Slack had a meltdown.
The popular workplace chat app confirmed on Monday that customers were experiencing trouble connecting to or using the platform but did not share details about the scope or markets affected. But according to website Downdetector, which displays outage reports in many metropolitan hubs, the disruption affected users throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, France, Japan and beyond.
