Major Internet Failure Hits Numerous Sites and Mobile Apps

A large-scale online failure has affected dozens sites and mobile apps globally, as users noting issues connecting to the web after problems at the online infrastructure system.

The impacted platforms comprise the social media app Snapchat, Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and Duolingo, in addition to a host of Amazon-operated platforms like its primary shopping platform and the Ring security home security firm.

In the UK, Lloyds bank was affected in addition to its branches the bank Halifax and the Scottish bank, with additional accounts of problems reaching the HMRC online portal on Monday morning. Furthermore across the UK, many Ring device owners took to networks to complain their home gadgets were malfunctioning.

Solely in the United Kingdom, reports of disruptions on particular platforms ran into the tens of thousands for each app.

Amazon reported that the outage originated in the east coast of the US at Amazon Web Services, a unit that supplies vital web backbone for a host of firms, who lease resources on AWS infrastructure. AWS is the world’s largest web hosting platform.

Shortly after late night (PDT) in the America (8 in the morning BST), officials reported “elevated failure rates and delays” for the cloud services in a region on the Atlantic seaboard of the US. The cascading impact appeared to disrupt platforms around the world, with the Downdetector site reporting issues with the same sites in multiple continents.

Cisco’s Thousand Eyes, a platform that reports on internet outages, further indicated a surge in outages on Monday morning, with many of them found in the Virginia area, the location of the eastern US data center where officials confirmed the outage started.