Vodafone has said a massive blackout in its internet coverage yesterday was not caused by a cyber attack.

The issues have now been fully resolved, according to the company, after hundreds of thousands of people reported their wifi , 4G and 5G connections dropping out .

"On Monday afternoon, for a short time, the Vodafone network had an issue affecting broadband, 4G and 5G services," said a Vodafone spokesperson.

"This was triggered by a non-malicious software issue with one of our vendor partners which has now been resolved, and the network has fully recovered.

"We apologise for any inconvenience this caused our customers."

As well as internet connections, Vodafone's app, website and customer services were also down.

At its peak, more than 130,000 people reported problems to t

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