Significant Internet Outage Hits Numerous Websites and Applications

A widespread web outage has impacted many online platforms and mobile apps worldwide, as users experiencing troubles connecting to the web following issues at Amazon’s cloud computing platform.

The disrupted services comprise the social media app Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, in addition to a host of Amazon-owned services like its key e-commerce site and the Ring security home security firm.

Throughout Britain, the financial institution Lloyds was impacted in addition to its branches the bank Halifax and Bank of Scotland, while there were further notifications of issues using the the tax authority website on Monday morning. Furthermore across the UK, several Ring device owners used online platforms to report their security devices were failing.

Just within Britain, notifications of problems on specific applications ran into the thousands for each app.

Officials confirmed that the outage began in the Atlantic coast of the America at AWS, a division that provides crucial online infrastructure for a host of companies, who lease space on AWS infrastructure. The cloud platform is the biggest global web hosting service.

Soon after late night (PDT) in the United States (8am BST), the company announced “elevated failure rates and latencies” for Amazon's platforms in a region on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States. The cascading impact appeared to hit services around the world, with the Downdetector site showing outages with the same sites in multiple continents.

The monitoring service Thousand Eyes, a service that reports on internet outages, additionally noted a rise in outages on the start of the week, and numerous instances situated in the state of Virginia, the region of Amazon’s US-East-1 region where officials confirmed the problems started.