Significant Web Failure Hits Many Websites and Apps

An extensive internet failure has impacted dozens online platforms and apps globally, and users noting problems getting online following issues at the web hosting system.

The impacted platforms comprise the social media app Snapchat, Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and Duolingo, as well as several Amazon-managed operations such as its key e-commerce website and the Ring security device manufacturer.

In the UK, Lloyds bank was disrupted in addition to its branches Halifax and the Scottish bank, with additional accounts of issues using the HM Revenue and Customs website on Monday morning. Also in the UK, several Ring users took to online platforms to state their home gadgets were malfunctioning.

Solely in the United Kingdom, reports of problems on particular platforms reached the tens of thousands for each platform.

Amazon reported that the problem originated in the Atlantic coast of the United States at Amazon Web Services, a section that offers vital web infrastructure for a host of firms, who rent out capacity on Amazon servers. The cloud platform is the most extensive online services platform.

Soon after midnight (PDT) in the America (morning UK time), Amazon confirmed “increased problem frequencies and latencies” for AWS services in a zone on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States. The widespread consequence seemed to disrupt apps globally, with the outage tracking website showing outages with the corresponding services in different parts of the world.

Cisco’s Thousand Eyes, a tool that tracks web disruptions, further indicated a rise in problems on the start of the week, including several cases located in the Virginia area, the site of the AWS US-East-1 zone where the company stated the outage began.