Microsoft Corp.
On Wednesday, a major outage hit Microsoft's Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), leaving dozens of websites and apps inaccessible for hours. The disruption was linked to Azure's global content delivery network and its Front Door services, affecting services like Microsoft 365, Minecraft, and Outlook. At
Data centers
A major outage on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform has highlighted the risks of relying on cloud computing, impacting thousands of organisations worldwide, including banks, financial software platforms, and social media giants such as Snapchat. The malfunction at a data centre in Northern Virginia has been rectified, but some
Data centers
The October 2025 AWS outage, which affected millions of users worldwide, has highlighted the brittle foundation of the cloud computing market, dominated by just a few hyperscalers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. The cloud computing market has become increasingly reliant on these few providers, with AWS hosting some
Data centers
A devastating outage struck Amazon Web Services (AWS), affecting over 2,000 companies across various sectors, including social media, gaming, banking, and education. The disruption, caused by a failure in the internal subsystem responsible for monitoring network load balancers, resulted in over 8 million problem reports globally. The outage not
Banks (Finance)
The world's largest cloud computing provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS), experienced a significant outage on Monday, causing widespread disruptions to a number of high-profile apps and websites. The outage, which affected other AWS services in the US-EAST-1 Region, led to a spike in reported outages across various platforms,
Web services
Amazon Web Service (AWS), a crucial provider of cloud-computing and API services, has experienced major issues, causing disruptions to websites, apps, and services worldwide. As the UK starts its working week, users have taken to Downdetector to report problems with popular websites, apps, and services. The outage has affected a
Web services
HMRC customers are experiencing problems accessing online services after an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. The issues began around 8am on October 20, 2025, with almost 150 reports of problems, peaking at 9:30am with 800 users experiencing issues. HMRC's helplines are currently busy, and the organization advises
