Amazon Web Services, Outage
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Amazon Web Services, a major provider of cloud hosting that underpins much of the web and everyday online tools, went offline because of a problem with one its core database products.
Amazon Web Servies is experiencing global outage issues, according to DownDetector. What's impacted? Are websites down? What we know.
Services including HMRC have all reported issues, while some banks such as Barclays, Lloyds and the Bank of Scotland have also been affected. Monitoring site Downdetector recorded thousands of outage reports from users, indicating a widespread problem.
Amazon's cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world and disrupting services for several popular websites and apps including Fortnite and Snapchat.
Multiple online platforms including Amazon’s cloud unit AWS, Robinhood , Snapchat and Perplexity were down today, Downdetector says, while the CEO of Perplexity says the root cause was an AWS issue. Amazon.com, PrimeVideo and Alexa were all facing issues, according to Downdetector.
Some websites and services went offline early Monday after a problem with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon Web Services (AWS) a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms.