Major Internet Outage Impacts Many Online Platforms and Apps

A widespread web outage has impacted many websites and apps globally, and users experiencing troubles accessing the internet following issues at Amazon’s cloud computing system.

The disrupted platforms encompass Snapchat, Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, along with several Amazon-operated operations including its main retail website and the Ring doorbell home security firm.

In the UK, Lloyds bank was impacted as well as its branches Halifax and the Scottish bank, while there were further notifications of issues accessing the HMRC online portal on the start of the week. Furthermore across the UK, multiple Ring customers used networks to report their home gadgets were malfunctioning.

In the UK alone, accounts of disruptions on individual platforms totaled the thousands for every service.

Amazon reported that the problem started in the eastern region of the US at Amazon Web Services, a division that offers crucial internet backbone for numerous companies, who rent out resources on AWS infrastructure. Amazon Web Services is the most extensive web hosting service.

Just after the start of the day (PDT) in the America (morning UK time), officials reported “increased failure rates and slowdowns” for Amazon's platforms in a area on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States. The widespread consequence appeared to disrupt apps worldwide, and the problem monitoring service showing outages with the same sites in multiple continents.

The outage tracker Thousand Eyes, a platform that monitors web disruptions, additionally noted a rise in outages on Monday morning, and numerous instances located in the Virginia area, the location of the AWS US-East-1 zone where AWS said the issues began.