Essential information to note
- The Amazon Web Services outage affected numerous platforms and services globally.
- The peak of the outage occurred around 3 AM ET, impacting more than 13,000 users as reported by Downdetector.
- This incident underscores the dependency on major cloud providers and has spurred discussions on adopting varied multi-cloud approaches.
On Monday morning (Oct. 20), individuals awoke to yet another extensive internet disruption, this time attributed to Amazon’s Web Services. The cloud platform, crucial for a significant portion of the internet and applications such as Reddit, Fortnite, Snapchat, Canva, and Apple TV, experienced service interruptions. Reports suggest that government services worldwide and numerous companies were also affected by this downtime.
Multiple sources indicate that users began encountering service issues as early as 12 AM ET, with the outage reaching its peak around 3 AM ET. As per Downdetector, from 4 AM ET to 12 PM ET, more than 13,000 individuals were reported to be affected by this outage. Reuters <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazons-cloud-unit-re