Significant Web Failure Hits Dozens Websites and Mobile Apps

A widespread web failure has affected many websites and apps worldwide, with users reporting issues getting online after problems at the cloud computing service.

The disrupted platforms encompass Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, in addition to several Amazon-managed services including its main retail site and the Ring security doorbell company.

Throughout Britain, the financial institution Lloyds was affected as well as its subsidiaries Halifax and the Scottish bank, with additional accounts of problems reaching the HM Revenue and Customs site on the start of the week. Furthermore across the UK, several Ring customers used social media to report their doorbells were malfunctioning.

Solely in the United Kingdom, accounts of issues on individual apps ran into the tens of thousands for each app.

Amazon reported that the issue began in the Atlantic coast of the America at the cloud division, a unit that provides crucial internet backbone for numerous businesses, who rent out space on AWS infrastructure. The cloud platform is the world’s largest online services service.

Shortly after late night (PDT) in the United States (8am BST), Amazon confirmed “increased failure rates and slowdowns” for Amazon's platforms in a area on the Atlantic seaboard of the America. The cascading impact appeared to hit apps globally, with the outage tracking website indicating issues with the identical platforms in various regions.

The outage tracker Thousand Eyes, a service that monitors web disruptions, further indicated a increase in outages on Monday morning, with many of them situated in Virginia, the region of Amazon’s US-East-1 region where AWS said the issues started.