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How the AWS outage happened — and why it's broke the internet

A massive AWS outage took down parts of the internet today — from Alexa and Snapchat to Fortnite and banking apps. Here’s what really happened, and why one small glitch caused such big chaos.

Tom’s Guide

AWS outage spotlights the world economy's fragile foundations

It takes a crisis to make invisible pieces of critical infrastructure visible — both online and in the physical world.

Axios

Massive AWS outage took down the internet for several hours impacting Reddit, Fortnite, and more

Amazon's Web Services triggered a massive internet outage, impacting major platforms like Reddit and Fortnite. At its peak, over 13,000 users faced disruptions, spotlighting the vulnerabilities of a digital world increasingly reliant on single cloud providers.

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Servers, Software And Data: How The Cloud Powers The Web

The outage that hit the world's leading cloud provider Amazon Web Services on Monday has highlighted global reliance on the technology, which offers businesses on-demand IT resources without heavy investment in expensive server farms.

International Business Times

AWS Outage Affects Major UK Banks — What To Do If You Missed Payments

Several major UK banks are affected by the latest AWS outage. If you missed a payment because of the issue, here's what you need to do.

International Business Times UK

Amazon outage: Every website knocked offline by the huge AWS outage

Amazon’s cloud services went offline today, causing huge problems across the internet.

TechRadar

Rematch Among Games Affected by AWS Outage

Rematch among many games and services that aren't working properly.

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"We need to go beyond Signal" – How today's AWS outage shows the weaknesses of centralized apps

Signal's privacy and security are great, but being a centralized app makes it vulnerable. Element explains to TechRadar why we do need decentralized apps more than ever.

TechRadar

Coinbase, Robinhood down as Amazon outage briefly cripples the internet

Other non-crypto companies affected include Snapchat, Hulu, and McDonald’s.

Fortune

Snapchat, Canva, and Roblox All Crash at Once: AWS Outage Exposes a Scary Truth

A global outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on 20 October 2025 disrupted major services like Snapchat, Canva and Roblox, underscoring the fragility of modern digital infrastructure.

International Business Times UK

Why is the internet broken? How one small problem can take down the whole web

The vast array of platforms, companies, websites and apps available on the internet rely on a very small number of companies, writes Andrew Griffin

The Independent UK

Amazon Web Services Outage Knocks Major Websites Offline — Disney+, Reddit, McDonald's App, United Airlines Among Those Hit

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Amazon Web Services confirmed a widespread operational disruption on Monday that caused increased error rates and latency across multiple cloud services in its US-East-1 (Northern Virginia) region — the company's largest and most critical data hub.

Benzinga

Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services

Amazon's cloud computing service experienced a major outage on Monday, disrupting many online services like Snapchat, Roblox, and Signal

The Independent UK

Internet Services Cut For Hours By Amazon Cloud Outage

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Windows Central

Massive AWS outage takes games offline — Fortnite, Roblox, PlayStation and Epic Games affected

A major outage at Amazon Web Services has triggered global disruption across the internet, taking down online features for popular games including Fortnite, Roblox, Pokémon GO, and PlayStation Network.

Axios

AWS outage: How Coinbase, Roblox, Reddit are affected

Amazon said Monday morning the underlying issue had been "fully mitigated."

Windows Central

Is Reddit down? AWS outages are mitigating, but the social media giant is still half-busted

Amazon Web Services (AWS) server outages have affected a significant chunk of the Internet, including ongoing problems for Reddit.

PC Gamer

AWS outage affecting Fortnite, Roblox, Reddit, and many others is close to fixed, with Amazon saying services are showing 'significant signs of recovery'

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Evening Standard

AWS outage: All the services affected as Amazon Web Services disruption sparks global chaos

The cloud computing platform that powers millions of websites and apps, is experiencing a major outage affecting a wide range of services, including online banking, social media, gaming, and smart home devices

The Guardian - US

Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say

Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’

We Got This Covered

‘It’s all gone’: Panic as massive part of the internet goes offline, are we under cyberattack?

The worst day in the internet's history?

GamesRadar

Fortnite, Roblox, Wordle, and other popular games down as Amazon Web Services outage sends the internet toppling

Multiple games and websites are experiencing major issues

Tom’s Hardware

Colossal AWS outage breaks the internet — Roblox, Fortnite, Zoom, Snapchat, and beyond all crippled

Amazon is tracking a massive AWS outage that has crippled large parts of the internet.

International Business Times UK

Is Canva Down? Popular Design Platform Reports Issues - Here Are Some Alternatives Now

Canva outage hits 220M users amid AWS failure—login errors, edit crashes and download blocks. Freelancers and businesses face chaos; top alternatives listed.

Evening Standard

Internet outages at HMRC, Zoom and Snapchat reported after AWS disruption

Other services showing a spike in reported outages include Slack, Ring, Vodafone, Signal, Halifax, BT, EE and Sky.

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