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This isn’t the first major IT outage we’ve had in the last 18 months. Last year, a botched software update at CrowdStrike sent Windows devices worldwide into meltdown, severely disrupting air travel
Disruption lasted several days, forcing businesses to manually implement updates on a plethora of devices globally.
AWS appears to have “identified a potential root cause” of the issue.
“Based on our investigation, the issue appears to be related to DNS resolution of the DynamoDB API endpoint in US-EAST-1,” the company said in an update.
This is essentially a method through which companies can connect to AWS servers and run platforms.
The cloud computing giant says it’s working at pace to “accelerate recovery”.
Banking customers are also experiencing disruption as a result of the AWS outage, with customers at Lloyds and Halifax so far reporting issues accessing mobile services.
So what services are affected by the outage? So far there’s a seemingly never-ending list of major applications and platforms impacted, including:
• Amazon
• Snapchat
• Zoom
• Canva
• Coinbase
• Duolingo
• Wordle
• Signal
• Slack
As we’re compiling this list, the number of services impacted is growing. Users on PlayStation Network and popular games such as Fortnite are also affected.
Notably, the ITPro team is unable to communicate via Slack as a result of the incident, meaning we’re coordinating on WhatsApp.
