Outage

Amazon’s cloud-computing division experienced a widespread service outage on Monday morning that disrupted major internet-based apps and websites.

Context

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the largest cloud-computing service provider in the US and has become one of the global market leaders. The AWS infrastructure supports millions of websites and platforms, providing cloud-computing services such as servers and storage to the world's largest companies. Any problems with the AWS network can have a major impact on the wider internet and popular mobile apps.

Major Services Affected

On Monday, the outage hit dozens of websites and applications, including Facebook, Snapchat, and Amazon itself.