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Amazon Web Services Outage Impacts Thousands of Sites

Date: 21-10-2025
Sources: bbc.com: 1 | news.sky.com: 1 | straitstimes.com: 1
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Source: news.sky.com

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Summary

A massive outage affected Amazon Web Services (AWS), impacting over 1,000 apps and websites worldwide, including social media platforms like Snapchat and banks such as Lloyds and Halifax, due to issues with DNS resolution and Amazon's data centres.

Key Points

  • AWS experienced a significant outage on October 20, 2025, caused by DNS issues and problems with Amazon's EC2 internal network.
  • The outage affected thousands of websites and disrupted businesses worldwide, including airline check-in kiosks and apps.
  • AWS reported 'significant signs of recovery' within three hours, and the issue was fully resolved by the evening.
  • The incident highlights the concentration of cloud computing in the hands of a few large providers and raises concerns about the potential for future outages.

Articles in this Cluster

Amazon services 'recovering' as Snapchat and banks among sites hit by outage

21-10-2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a massive outage on Monday, impacting over 1,000 apps and websites, including social media platforms like Snapchat and banks such as Lloyds and Halifax. The outage, which began at around 07:00 BST, was caused by an issue with DNS resolution of the DynamoDB API endpoint in US-EAST-1. AWS said it had resolved the issue by around 2300 BST, but experts warned that the outage highlighted the perils of relying on a single, dominant cloud provider. The incident has sparked concerns about the concentration of cloud computing in the hands of a few large providers, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
Entities: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Snapchat, Lloyds, Halifax, Downdetector • Tone: neutral • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform

'Significant signs of recovery' hours after major internet outage | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News

21-10-2025

A major internet outage caused by an issue with Amazon Web Services (AWS) affected thousands of websites, including Amazon, Snapchat, Reddit, and several banks. The problem originated from a DNS issue related to Amazon's data centres in North Virginia. AWS reported 'significant signs of recovery' within three hours, and the issue was fully resolved by 11:35 am UK time. The outage caused disruptions to various services, including airline check-in kiosks and apps, and affected millions of businesses that rely on AWS. The incident highlights Europe's reliance on US tech firms and raises concerns about the potential for future outages.
Entities: Amazon Web Services, Amazon, Snapchat, Reddit, Bank of Scotland • Tone: neutral • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform

Amazon says AWS cloud service is back to normal after outage disrupts businesses worldwide | The Straits Times

21-10-2025

Amazon's AWS cloud service experienced a significant outage on October 20, 2025, disrupting businesses worldwide and affecting thousands of sites, including popular apps like Snapchat and Reddit. The outage was caused by an issue with the Domain Name System (DNS) and Amazon's EC2 internal network. AWS returned to normal operations later that day, but some services had a backlog of messages that took a few hours to process. The incident highlighted the vulnerability of the world's interconnected technologies and the reliance on a few large cloud providers.
Entities: Amazon, AWS, US-EAST-1, Domain Name System (DNS), EC2 internal network • Tone: neutral • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform