Significant Web Outage Affects Many Sites and Applications
A large-scale internet disruption has impacted many sites and apps worldwide, as users noting problems connecting to the web after problems at the cloud computing platform.
The impacted platforms encompass the social media app Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, as well as multiple Amazon-owned services such as its primary shopping platform and the Ring doorbell company.
Across the United Kingdom, Lloyds bank was disrupted as well as its subsidiaries the bank Halifax and Bank of Scotland, with also reports of problems accessing the HMRC site on the start of the week. Also in the UK, many Ring users used social media to report their security devices were not working.
Solely in the United Kingdom, accounts of problems on specific applications totaled the tens of thousands for every service.
Amazon reported that the outage began in the east coast of the US at Amazon Web Services, a unit that supplies crucial online infrastructure for many businesses, who utilize space on the company's servers. AWS is the world’s largest cloud computing platform.
Soon after the start of the day (PDT) in the United States (morning UK time), officials reported “elevated error rates and delays” for Amazon's platforms in a area on the Atlantic seaboard of the America. The widespread consequence was seen to hit apps globally, with the problem monitoring service reporting issues with the identical platforms in multiple continents.
The outage tracker Thousand Eyes, a tool that monitors online failures, further indicated a rise in problems on Monday morning, and numerous instances situated in Virginia, the region of the eastern US data center where officials confirmed the problems originated.
