Major Web Failure Impacts Dozens Online Platforms and Applications

An extensive web failure has impacted numerous sites and applications around the world, as users experiencing problems getting online due to difficulties at the online infrastructure platform.

The affected apps include the social media app Snapchat, Roblox, Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, in addition to several Amazon-operated platforms like its primary shopping website and the Ring doorbell doorbell company.

Across the United Kingdom, Lloyds bank was affected along with its branches the bank Halifax and Bank of Scotland, with further notifications of problems using the HM Revenue and Customs website on Monday morning. Additionally in Britain, several Ring customers used networks to complain their doorbells were malfunctioning.

Solely in the United Kingdom, reports of issues on specific applications totaled the many thousands for every service.

Officials confirmed that the issue started in the eastern region of the US at AWS, a division that offers crucial internet infrastructure for a host of companies, who utilize space on Amazon servers. Amazon Web Services is the biggest global web hosting service.

Soon after late night (PDT) in the US (morning UK time), officials reported “higher problem frequencies and delays” for AWS services in a area on the east coast of the United States. The ripple effect seemed to disrupt platforms globally, and the problem monitoring service indicating issues with the corresponding services in different parts of the world.

Cisco’s Thousand Eyes, a service that monitors internet outages, also reported a increase in outages on that morning, with many of them found in the Virginia area, the region of the AWS US-East-1 zone where the company stated the issues originated.