"An outage affecting web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) has taken out vast swathes of the web, including websites, banks and some government services. Amazon said on Monday morning that the outage had been "fully mitigated" and that most services are returning to normal after an hours-long stretch during which much of the internet could not load. The internet giant blamed the outage, which began around 3 a.m. on the U.S. east coast, on DNS, a system that converts web addresses into IP addresses so that customer apps and websites can load."
"Several major apps were not working. Coinbase, Fortnite, Signal and Zoom faced lengthy outages, as did Amazon's own services, including its Ring video surveillance products. Millions of companies and organizations rely on AWS to host their websites, apps and other critical online systems. The company has data centers all over the world, and Amazon is said to have at least 30% of the total cloud market. Amazon did not give a reason for what caused the outage."
A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) began around 3 a.m. on the U.S. east coast and disrupted vast swathes of the internet, affecting websites, banks and some government services. Amazon said the outage had been "fully mitigated" and that most services are returning to normal after an hours-long stretch during which many sites and apps could not load. Amazon blamed the outage on DNS, the system that converts web addresses into IP addresses, and noted that DNS problems can take longer to resolve. Major apps including Coinbase, Fortnite, Signal, Zoom and Amazon's Ring experienced lengthy outages. Millions of companies rely on AWS, which holds roughly 30% of the cloud market. Amazon did not provide a cause.
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