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Major AWS Outage Disrupts Global Internet Services, Recovery Underway

A significant Amazon Web Services failure originating from the US-East-1 region caused widespread internet disruptions Monday morning. The DNS-related issue affected major platforms including streaming services, financial institutions, and smart home devices across multiple continents.

Global Internet Services Disrupted by AWS Outage

A major Amazon Web Services outage early Monday morning caused widespread disruptions across thousands of online platforms and services worldwide, according to reports. The incident, which originated in AWS’s critical US-East-1 region in Northern Virginia, began around 12:11 a.m. ET and continued affecting services throughout the morning despite Amazon’s declaration of resolution by 6:35 a.m. ET.