Cyber Monday Shoppers Encounter Significant Traffic

During the Cyber Monday shopping rush, both PayPal and Target experienced temporary website outages. Target’s site struggled to handle the surge in visitors, similar to the issues PayPal faced, as reported by users on Twitter. Acknowledging the problem, Target informed customers about the heavy traffic on their homepage and asked for patience until they could resume normal operations. The first signs of PayPal’s troubles appeared around 8:35 a.m. Eastern time, with Down Detector showing problem areas in North America and Europe.