Major Internet Outage Hits Dozens Sites and Applications

A widespread online disruption has affected dozens sites and mobile apps worldwide, and users experiencing issues accessing the internet due to difficulties at Amazon’s online infrastructure system.

The disrupted platforms encompass the social media app Snapchat, Roblox, Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, along with several Amazon-owned operations such as its primary shopping platform and the Ring home security firm.

Throughout Britain, Lloyds bank was affected as well as its branches Halifax and Bank of Scotland, with additional accounts of issues accessing the the tax authority site on that morning. Furthermore across the UK, many Ring customers used online platforms to complain their doorbells were failing.

Just within Britain, reports of issues on specific applications ran into the tens of thousands for each platform.

The company stated that the issue originated in the east coast of the America at AWS, a unit that supplies essential web framework for numerous companies, who utilize space on AWS infrastructure. The cloud platform is the world’s largest online services service.

Just after midnight (PDT) in the US (8am BST), officials reported “elevated error rates and delays” for Amazon's platforms in a zone on the eastern US of the America. The cascading impact seemed to disrupt platforms globally, with the outage tracking website showing issues with the corresponding services in various regions.

The monitoring service Thousand Eyes, a service that monitors web disruptions, further indicated a surge in problems on Monday morning, and numerous instances located in the Virginia area, the location of the eastern US data center where the company stated the outage originated.