Amazon Cloud Computing Outage Disrupts Online Services
Amazon's cloud computing service experienced a major outage, disrupting services like Snapchat, Roblox, and Signal.
The outage, which occurred on Monday, affected Amazon's own services, including Ring and Alexa, due to a problem with its domain name system.
Experts say these disruptions highlight the internet's reliance on a few major cloud providers.
- Snapchat
- Roblox
- Signal
- Ring
- Alexa
By around 6 a.m. Eastern Time, Amazon reported recovery across most services, with this being not the first time AWS has faced such issues, having previous outages in 2023 and 2021.
Author's summary: Amazon cloud outage affects many online services.