Mimecast incident

SMS delivery delays

Resolved after 2 hours 12 minutes, affecting United Kingdom Grid and South African Grid and 1 more, on October 7, 2026.

monitoring Oct 07, 2026, 09:56 AM UTC

Our third-party SMS provider has confirmed that the service incident impacting the delivery of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) SMS messages has been resolved. All SMS messages are now being delivered successfully. We will continue to monitor the situation to ensure system stability and consistent message delivery.

Started
Oct 07, 2026, 08:49 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 07, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC
Duration
2h 12m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 07, 2026, 08:49 AM UTC

Affected components

United Kingdom GridSouth African GridOffshore Grid (Offshore Grid — Authentication)

Update timeline

  1. identified Oct 07, 2026, 08:49 AM UTC

    Our third-party SMS provider has reported an issue that may impact the successful delivery of SMS messages used for Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). The provider is actively working on a resolution, and we will provide updates as they become available.

  2. monitoring Oct 07, 2026, 09:56 AM UTC

    Our third-party SMS provider has confirmed that the service incident impacting the delivery of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) SMS messages has been resolved. All SMS messages are now being delivered successfully. We will continue to monitor the situation to ensure system stability and consistent message delivery.

Your product runs on more than Mimecast

Add the vendors you depend on and get one message when any of them reports trouble. Free for 3 vendors, no card.

Add your stack →