AWS outage - Amazon confirms recovery after Zoom, Slack, Canva among work apps hit Work apps, banking service and more were all affected in AWS outage. TechRadar · Oct 20, 2025
Internet down: Many of the world’s biggest apps and websites break in hours-long outage Snapchat to the UK tax authority were affected by the problems The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025
Battlefield 6, Fortnite, and other games and services recover as the AWS outage that took out the likes of Roblox, Wordle, and Epic Games Store finally comes to an end AWS was down, affecting gamers TechRadar · Oct 20, 2025
MPs ask why key parts of UK IT infrastructure is hosted abroad after AWS outage Major banks, HMRC, gaming platforms Roblox and Fortnite were among sites affected by Amazon Web Services’ fault. Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025
MPs question why key parts of IT infrastructure is hosted abroad after AWS outage Major banks, gaming platforms and HMRC were among sites affected by Amazon Web Services’ fault The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025
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 · Oct 20, 2025
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 · Oct 20, 2025
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. Android Central · Oct 20, 2025
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 · Oct 20, 2025
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 · Oct 20, 2025
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 · Oct 20, 2025
Rematch Among Games Affected by AWS Outage Rematch among many games and services that aren't working properly. Operation Sports · Oct 20, 2025
"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 · Oct 20, 2025
Coinbase, Robinhood down as Amazon outage briefly cripples the internet Other non-crypto companies affected include Snapchat, Hulu, and McDonald’s. Fortune · Oct 20, 2025
International Business Times UK · Oct 20, 2025 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.
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025 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
Benzinga · Oct 20, 2025 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.
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025 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
International Business Times · Oct 20, 2025 Internet Services Cut For Hours By Amazon Cloud Outage Many popular internet services, from streaming platforms to messaging services and some banks, went offline for hours on Monday due to an outage in Amazon's crucial cloud network.
Windows Central · Oct 20, 2025 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 · Oct 20, 2025 AWS outage: How Coinbase, Roblox, Reddit are affected Amazon said Monday morning the underlying issue had been "fully mitigated."
Windows Central · Oct 20, 2025 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 · Oct 20, 2025 AWS outage affecting Fortnite, Roblox, Reddit, and many others is close to fixed, with Amazon saying services are showing 'significant signs of recovery' Fingers crossed.
Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025 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 · Oct 20, 2025 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’