Summary
A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday knocked many popular websites and apps offline worldwide. The outage happened due to an error during a technical update, impacting a key database service and affecting 113 AWS services. By 10:11 GMT, Amazon had restored its services, though some disruptions remained.
Key Facts
- AWS experienced a major service outage on Monday morning.
- The outage began around 07:11 GMT due to an error in a technical update, affecting the database service DynamoDB.
- The problem started at AWS’s main data center in Virginia.
- 113 AWS services were affected by the outage.
- The outage impacted popular services including Snapchat, WhatsApp, and Zoom.
- AWS services returned to normal operations by 10:11 GMT.
- AWS is the largest cloud services provider in the world.
- Cloud outages like this are not rare but are more noticeable as more companies rely on these services.
