PayPal users hit by global service outage - WSJ.com

EBay Inc.'s PayPal unit experienced a world-wide system outage on Monday, leaving millions of customers of the online payments service temporarily unable to complete transactions.

The outage began around 1:30 p.m. EDT, and affected all PayPal customers for about an hour, said spokesman Anuj Nayar. By about 6:30 p.m. EDT, service had been restored to all customers, the company said...