Major internet outage hits websites, apps and Lloyds Bank after issue at Amazon Web Services

[muriel_volestrangler]

A major internet outage has hit dozens of popular websites, online games and apps.

Users have been reporting problems accessing sites such as Amazon, Roblox, Fortnite and Snapchat, for example, this morning.

The outage may be related to a glitch at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the e-commerce giant’s on-demand cloud computing platform which underpins many online operations.

AWS has reported an ‘operational issue’ at its data centre in North Virginia, known as “us-east-1”.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/oct/20/china-economic-growth-gdp-low-house-prices-fall-stock-markets-ftse-business-live-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-68f5ef6b8f084a54ffa357d1#block-68f5ef6b8f084a54ffa357d1

Also hit:
HM Revenue & Customs (UK equivalent of the IRS)
'Ring' doorbells/cameras
Lloyds Banking Group (Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland (28 million customers in the UK)

BBC live: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y8k7k6v1rt

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