Amazon’s cloud services hit by hours-long global outage • FRANCE 24 English

an error message popping up on Snapchat. The messaging service used predominantly by teens just one of the many apps affected after a global outage hit the cloud services of Amazon. According to a website which monitors problems on the internet, the outage has impacted companies hitting platforms linked to McDonald’s texting service signal and Disney Plus. Amazon’s cloud is used by international companies and governments as well. In the United Kingdom, the country’s tax authority was facing disruptions. Amazon Web Services provides ondemand cloud computing, data storage, and other offerings as well. AWS competes with Google and the Microsoft cloud. Monday’s outage is the first major internet disruption to hit on a global scale after last year’s crowd strike malfunctioned, impacting operations in banks, hospitals, and airports. According to analysts, it demonstrates just how dependent the vast majority of global companies and governments have become on a handful of American tech firms. An initial investigation from Amazon suggests the problem stemmed from a critical infrastructure zone in Virginia.

A global outage hit Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday, disrupting platforms like Amazon Prime, Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and Duolingo. The issue, caused by increased error rates, took about three hours to mostly resolve, though some services remained affected. Downdetector also reported disruptions to Reddit, Disney+, Signal, Delta Air Lines, and several European mobile operators, banks, WhatsApp, and Tinder.
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