Significant Web Outage Hits Numerous Online Platforms and Applications

An extensive web outage has affected numerous online platforms and applications globally, with users noting problems accessing the internet due to difficulties at the web hosting service.

The affected services encompass the social media app Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, Signal, and the language learning app Duolingo, in addition to multiple Amazon-operated services like its main retail platform and the Ring home security firm.

Throughout Britain, the financial institution Lloyds was disrupted along with its subsidiaries the bank Halifax and the Scottish bank, while there were also reports of issues using the HMRC online portal on Monday morning. Furthermore across the UK, many Ring device owners took to networks to complain their home gadgets were failing.

Just within Britain, notifications of problems on specific platforms ran into the thousands for each app.

The company stated that the problem began in the Atlantic coast of the America at the cloud division, a section that offers essential online framework for many businesses, who rent out capacity on Amazon servers. Amazon Web Services is the world’s largest cloud computing platform.

Just after late night (PDT) in the United States (morning UK time), officials reported “increased error rates and delays” for Amazon's platforms in a region on the east coast of the America. The widespread consequence appeared to affect services globally, and the problem monitoring service showing outages with the same sites in multiple continents.

The monitoring service Thousand Eyes, a service that tracks web disruptions, additionally noted a surge in problems on that morning, with many of them found in the state of Virginia, the location of the eastern US data center where officials confirmed the problems began.