Significant Web Failure Hits Dozens Websites and Apps

A widespread online outage has disrupted dozens sites and mobile apps globally, with users reporting troubles accessing the internet following issues at Amazon’s cloud computing platform.

The impacted platforms include Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, as well as several Amazon-operated platforms such as its primary shopping platform and the Ring doorbell home security firm.

In the UK, Lloyds bank was affected along with its affiliates Halifax and the Scottish bank, with additional accounts of difficulties reaching the the tax authority site on Monday morning. Furthermore across the UK, many Ring device owners used networks to complain their doorbells were malfunctioning.

Just within Britain, notifications of disruptions on particular apps reached the thousands for each app.

The company stated that the problem originated in the Atlantic coast of the United States at AWS, a unit that provides vital web backbone for a host of firms, who utilize space on AWS infrastructure. The cloud platform is the world’s largest online services service.

Soon after the start of the day (PDT) in the US (morning UK time), officials reported “elevated failure rates and latencies” for AWS services in a zone on the east coast of the US. The widespread consequence appeared to disrupt platforms worldwide, with the outage tracking website showing issues with the same sites in various regions.

The outage tracker Thousand Eyes, a tool that reports on online failures, also reported a increase in outages on that morning, including several cases situated in the Virginia area, the region of Amazon’s US-East-1 region where the company stated the issues began.