Major Amazon Web Services outage disables large swaths of the internet

20/10/2025 0 min
Major Amazon Web Services outage disables large swaths of the internet

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A major Amazon Web Services outage has disabled large swaths of the internet.

AWS is a cloud service that underpins millions of apps and websites. The first error reports came just after 3 a.m.

Amazon itself is affected, along with McDonald's, Hulu, and Roblox.

Down Detector says many banks have been affected, along with communication tools like Slack, Zoom, and Snapchat.

Amazon says it has identified a potential cause and is working "to accelerate recovery."

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