Substantial Internet Outage Affects Dozens Websites and Mobile Apps

A large-scale internet disruption has affected dozens websites and apps around the world, and users reporting troubles accessing the internet due to difficulties at the web hosting service.

The affected apps comprise the social media app Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and Duolingo, in addition to several Amazon-operated services such as its key e-commerce site and the Ring device manufacturer.

Across the United Kingdom, the financial institution Lloyds was disrupted in addition to its affiliates Halifax and the Scottish bank, and further notifications of problems reaching the the tax authority website on Monday morning. Furthermore across the UK, many Ring device owners took to online platforms to complain their home gadgets were not working.

Just within Britain, reports of problems on individual applications reached the tens of thousands for every service.

Officials confirmed that the problem began in the east coast of the US at Amazon Web Services, a section that supplies vital web framework for numerous businesses, who rent out resources on Amazon servers. Amazon Web Services is the most extensive online services service.

Shortly after late night (PDT) in the US (8am BST), Amazon confirmed “higher failure rates and slowdowns” for Amazon's platforms in a zone on the Atlantic seaboard of the US. The widespread consequence appeared to affect platforms worldwide, with the Downdetector site showing issues with the identical platforms in different parts of the world.

The outage tracker Thousand Eyes, a service that reports on web disruptions, also reported a increase in problems on Monday morning, including several cases situated in Virginia, the region of Amazon’s US-East-1 region where the company stated the problems started.