Major Web Disruption Affects Dozens Sites and Applications

An extensive web disruption has disrupted dozens sites and mobile apps globally, as users noting issues accessing the internet following issues at the cloud computing system.

The affected apps include Snapchat, Roblox, the messaging service Signal, and Duolingo, along with a host of Amazon-managed services like its key e-commerce site and the Ring security doorbell company.

In the UK, Lloyds bank was disrupted as well as its affiliates the bank Halifax and Bank of Scotland, with also reports of difficulties accessing the HM Revenue and Customs site on Monday morning. Additionally in Britain, multiple Ring device owners used social media to complain their home gadgets were malfunctioning.

Solely in the United Kingdom, notifications of issues on individual apps totaled the thousands for each platform.

Amazon reported that the issue began in the east coast of the America at AWS, a section that offers vital online backbone for a host of businesses, who lease space on the company's servers. Amazon Web Services is the world’s largest online services system.

Soon after the start of the day (PDT) in the United States (8am BST), the company announced “higher problem frequencies and latencies” for Amazon's platforms in a zone on the east coast of the United States. The cascading impact was seen to disrupt apps worldwide, with the Downdetector site showing issues with the same sites in multiple continents.

The outage tracker Thousand Eyes, a platform that reports on web disruptions, also reported a increase in issues on Monday morning, and numerous instances located in the Virginia area, the site of the eastern US data center where the company stated the outage began.