Thousands of websites, millions of users impacted by major Amazon outage

Thousands of websites, millions of users impacted by major Amazon outage

Millions of website disruptions were reported on Monday after Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage that triggered connectivity issues for thousands of websites and services across the globe. According to NBC News, 6.5 million connectivity reports were filed on Downdetector’s website on Monday and over 1,000 websites and services were affected as a result of the Amazon Web Services outage on Monday. The outlet noted that Coinbase, Snapchat…

How to check whether you're due compensation as banking apps go down during global internet outage

A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has thrown the internet into chaos, knocking out websites, mobile apps, and essential services worldwide.The disruption hit just as the UK was gearing up for the start of a new workweek, with users across industries - from banking to gaming - reporting errors and delays.Among the affected platforms are high-profile sites like HMRC, Vodafone, Snapchat, Roblox, and Ring. Even more critically, several UK …

AWS Outage “Perfect Storm” for Attacks

Yesterday Amazon Web Services (AWS) went down in the US causing a ripple effect, from governments and local municipalities, to enterprises, small businesses and the individuals who rely on these services daily. AWS is a cloud-based service thousands of major companies use to not only store their data, but run their apps and software for many critical business services.   The AWS outage has further impacted shopping websites, banking apps, and ev…

Massive AWS Outage Exposes Internet's Weaknesses, Experts Warn

A major Amazon Web Services outage brought parts of the global economy to a halt, disrupting everything from banking apps to airline systems.The incident, centered in AWS's massive US-East-1 region in northern Virginia, started overnight on Monday, Oct. 20. According to analytics tracker BuiltWith, the problems impacted an estimated 76 million websites, including Daily Voice.The outage affected a wide range of popular apps and companies. Those s…

Amazon outage causes thousands of websites to go offline

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