Cloud Chaos: Amazon's AWS Outage Ripples Across the Internet

Amazon's cloud service, AWS, faced a major outage affecting global internet use, disrupting services like Snapchat, Roblox, and Signal. The issue was traced to DNS problems, and recovery began after three hours. Such outages underline the internet's dependency on a few key service providers like AWS.

Amazon's cloud computing service experienced a significant outage early Monday, causing widespread internet disruption. Major online services such as Snapchat, Roblox, and Signal were among those affected as the underlying infrastructure faced technical difficulties.

The issue, identified as a Domain Name System (DNS) problem, started to see recovery after a three-hour struggle. Amazon Web Services, which supports numerous global organizations, worked to resolve the disruptions, which highlighted the internet's reliance on a small number of providers.

This incident is a reminder of previous AWS outages, with past disruptions leading to chaos in various sectors. Experts note such technical glitches are generally resolved swiftly, suggesting a robust response mechanism to address these vulnerabilities.

(With inputs from agencies.)