Substantial Internet Disruption Affects Many Online Platforms and Apps

A widespread web outage has disrupted dozens online platforms and mobile apps around the world, and users experiencing troubles accessing the internet due to difficulties at the cloud computing service.

The disrupted platforms encompass Snapchat, the gaming platform Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and Duolingo, as well as several Amazon-managed operations including its key e-commerce site and the Ring doorbell home security firm.

In the UK, Lloyds bank was affected along with its branches Halifax and the Scottish bank, and further notifications of issues accessing the the tax authority website on the start of the week. Also in the UK, several Ring customers took to networks to complain their doorbells were failing.

Just within Britain, accounts of disruptions on particular apps reached the thousands for each platform.

The company stated that the issue began in the Atlantic coast of the America at Amazon Web Services, a unit that supplies essential web backbone for numerous firms, who utilize space on the company's servers. The cloud platform is the most extensive online services system.

Shortly after midnight (PDT) in the America (morning UK time), officials reported “higher problem frequencies and latencies” for Amazon's platforms in a zone on the Atlantic seaboard of the US. The cascading impact appeared to disrupt services globally, with the problem monitoring service reporting issues with the same sites in different parts of the world.

Cisco’s Thousand Eyes, a tool that reports on online failures, additionally noted a surge in issues on Monday morning, and numerous instances located in the Virginia area, the region of the eastern US data center where officials confirmed the problems originated.