Amazon Cloud Outage Disrupts Internet Services
Many popular internet services, including streaming platforms, messaging services, and banks, were offline for hours on Monday due to an outage in Amazon's cloud network.
- Streaming platforms: Amazon's Prime Video, Disney+
- Gaming: Fortnite
- Other services: Airbnb, Snapchat, Duolingo, Perplexity AI
- Messaging apps: Signal, WhatsApp (in Europe)
- Banks: Some UK banks, such as Lloyd's
Amazon Web Services (AWS) handles nearly a third of the planet's cloud infrastructure market, powering millions of apps and websites worldwide.
AWS's maintenance site reported that engineers fixed an underlying DNS issue after noticing "increased error rates" at 0711 GMT.
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Author's summary: Amazon cloud outage disrupts internet services.