Amazon Web Services outage disrupts major apps and websites
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An internet outage has hit the United States this morning. DownDetector has been flooded with spikes for many apps, those including Snapchat, Fortnite, Duolingo and many more. The issues are said to have started around 2 AM,
Amazon Web Services, a major provider of cloud services, cited a problem at its data center in Northern Virginia. The outage highlighted the fragility of global internet infrastructure.
Amazon Web Services suffered outages across the US, disrupting thousands of users & affecting key apps, deliveries, & streaming platforms.
Amazon Web Services experienced DNS resolution issues on Monday morning, taking down wide swaths of the web—and highlighting a long-standing weakness in the internet's infrastructure.
Amazon Web Services, a major provider of cloud services for companies, said most services were back up after an issue caused outages at many websites.
When a technical issue disrupted operations at those facilities yesterday, it was enough to temporarily crash the internet for users around the world. The modern web owes that fragility in part to the cloud.
Thousands of Xfinity by Comcast users across the United States reported internet outages. According to DownDetector, outage reports peaked around 7:45 p.m. EDT.
Amazon.com Inc.’s reputation as a reliable provider of cloud services took a hit on Monday when an outage lasting some 15 hours disrupted the operations of hundreds of companies, ranging from Apple Inc.