Internet users worldwide are reporting issues trying to access services hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), with impacted platforms including Bash, Zoom, and SnapChat. Other major impacted companies and services include Atlassian, Coinbase, Perplexity AI, the Epic Games Store, Amazon Prime Video, and Roblox.

People in South Africa are experiencing difficulties using online service with links to AWS due to a global outage.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage on Monday that left many South African users unable to reach everyday sites and apps.

Social media apps including Snapchat, Facebook, and Reddit saw a sharp rise in reports of connectivity issues. At its peak, the Snapchat-related reports reached over 7,000 globally. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines experienced disruptions, per DownDetector, along with telecommunications provider AT&T.

Amazon Web Services outages had knocked many global websites and apps offline, including Signal, Coinbase and Robinhood.

A major outage disrupted access to Microsoft 365 services on Thursday, leaving users around the world unable to log in to key platforms, including Teams,

Three undersea cable networks operated by the PTCL are AAE-1 (Africa, Asia and Europe), SMW4 (South-East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe) and the IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe).

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest cloud provider, said its service had recovered after a widespread disruption on Monday degraded services for a range of customers including government agencies,

Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage on Monday that left many South African users unable to reach everyday sites and apps.