Late-night iCloud outage stopped users from accessing files for hours

A late-night, multi-hour outage affecting Apple's iCloud servers caused issues for iPhone and Mac users trying to access their data late on Friday.
iCloud outage on Friday night
Apple users who tried to use the company's various online services late on Friday night were in for a shock, as they found that they couldn't access iCloud.Affected users immediately took to social media, with posts on X revealing users were greeted by an error message. "Verification Failed," the popup states, and that "