Significant Web Failure Hits Dozens Websites and Apps

An extensive online disruption has disrupted numerous online platforms and applications worldwide, with users noting troubles accessing the internet after problems at Amazon’s cloud computing service.

The disrupted platforms encompass Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and Duolingo, in addition to a host of Amazon-managed services like its main retail website and the Ring doorbell home security firm.

Throughout Britain, Lloyds bank was disrupted in addition to its subsidiaries the bank Halifax and Bank of Scotland, and additional accounts of difficulties using the the tax authority website on the start of the week. Also in the UK, several Ring customers used social media to report their home gadgets were failing.

In the UK alone, reports of issues on particular platforms ran into the tens of thousands for each platform.

Officials confirmed that the problem started in the eastern region of the US at Amazon Web Services, a section that provides crucial internet framework for many companies, who utilize space on the company's servers. AWS is the world’s largest cloud computing service.

Just after late night (PDT) in the United States (8am BST), the company announced “increased error rates and latencies” for the cloud services in a region on the eastern US of the US. The ripple effect was seen to disrupt platforms globally, with the outage tracking website indicating outages with the corresponding services in various regions.

Cisco’s Thousand Eyes, a platform that tracks web disruptions, additionally noted a increase in problems on the start of the week, with many of them located in the Virginia area, the site of the AWS US-East-1 zone where the company stated the issues started.