Major Internet Disruption Hits Dozens Online Platforms and Applications

A large-scale web outage has disrupted many websites and applications globally, as users noting troubles connecting to the web after problems at the web hosting system.

The affected services encompass the social media app Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, as well as several Amazon-operated operations like its key e-commerce website and the Ring security home security firm.

In the UK, Lloyds bank was impacted along with its affiliates the bank Halifax and Bank of Scotland, with additional accounts of issues using the HM Revenue and Customs website on that morning. Additionally in Britain, multiple Ring customers used social media to state their doorbells were malfunctioning.

In the UK alone, notifications of disruptions on individual applications totaled the tens of thousands for each platform.

Officials confirmed that the problem began in the Atlantic coast of the America at AWS, a unit that supplies vital web infrastructure for numerous businesses, who rent out resources on Amazon servers. The cloud platform is the world’s largest cloud computing platform.

Soon after midnight (PDT) in the US (morning UK time), officials reported “higher error rates and delays” for AWS services in a area on the east coast of the America. The widespread consequence seemed to hit apps worldwide, and the Downdetector site showing problems with the identical platforms in multiple continents.

The outage tracker Thousand Eyes, a tool that tracks online failures, additionally noted a increase in outages on Monday morning, with many of them situated in the state of Virginia, the location of the eastern US data center where the company stated the problems started.