Major Internet Disruption Affects Numerous Websites and Applications

A large-scale web outage has disrupted numerous websites and apps worldwide, with users reporting troubles connecting to the web due to difficulties at Amazon’s cloud computing platform.

The impacted services encompass the social media app Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, in addition to a host of Amazon-managed platforms such as its primary shopping website and the Ring security home security firm.

In the UK, the financial institution Lloyds was disrupted as well as its branches the bank Halifax and Bank of Scotland, with additional accounts of issues using the HMRC online portal on that morning. Additionally in Britain, many Ring users turned to social media to complain their doorbells were malfunctioning.

In the UK alone, reports of issues on specific apps totaled the many thousands for every service.

The company stated that the issue began in the eastern region of the US at Amazon Web Services, a section that provides vital internet infrastructure for numerous firms, who rent out capacity on Amazon servers. Amazon Web Services is the most extensive online services system.

Shortly after late night (PDT) in the United States (morning UK time), officials reported “elevated problem frequencies and latencies” for Amazon's platforms in a area on the Atlantic seaboard of the US. The cascading impact seemed to hit platforms around the world, with the problem monitoring service reporting problems with the same sites in various regions.

The monitoring service Thousand Eyes, a service that monitors web disruptions, further indicated a rise in outages on Monday morning, including several cases found in Virginia, the region of the eastern US data center where the company stated the issues started.