Substantial Internet Failure Affects Dozens Online Platforms and Apps

A large-scale web failure has impacted dozens online platforms and applications globally, with users experiencing problems getting online due to difficulties at the web hosting platform.

The disrupted platforms encompass the social media app Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, along with several Amazon-managed services such as its primary shopping website and the Ring doorbell device manufacturer.

In the UK, Lloyds bank was affected as well as its branches the bank Halifax and the Scottish bank, while there were further notifications of problems reaching the HMRC site on Monday morning. Additionally in Britain, multiple Ring users took to social media to report their home gadgets were not working.

In the UK alone, notifications of issues on particular applications reached the tens of thousands for every service.

Officials confirmed that the problem originated in the east coast of the US at Amazon Web Services, a unit that provides crucial web backbone for many firms, who utilize capacity on AWS infrastructure. AWS is the most extensive web hosting service.

Shortly after late night (PDT) in the America (morning UK time), the company announced “elevated failure rates and slowdowns” for AWS services in a area on the east coast of the US. The ripple effect seemed to disrupt apps globally, and the Downdetector site showing outages with the identical platforms in different parts of the world.

Cisco’s Thousand Eyes, a platform that monitors web disruptions, also reported a increase in outages on the start of the week, with many of them located in the state of Virginia, the location of the eastern US data center where AWS said the problems started.