Amazon Web Services Outage Disrupts Global Internet Services

On October 20, 2025, a significant outage in Amazon Web Services (AWS) led to widespread disruptions across numerous online platforms and services.

 

The incident began early Monday morning, with AWS identifying issues related to its Domain Name System (DNS), which is crucial for translating web addresses into IP addresses.

 

This malfunction affected a broad spectrum of services, including social media platforms like Snapchat, gaming services such as Roblox and Fortnite, and financial applications like Venmo and Coinbase.

 

Users reported difficulties accessing these services, highlighting the extensive reliance on AWS for cloud computing infrastructure.

 

By 6 p.m. Eastern Time, AWS announced that services had returned to normal operations, though some platforms continued to experience residual issues as systems fully recovered.

 

The outage underscored the vulnerability of the internet's infrastructure, which heavily depends on a few major cloud service providers.

 

Experts emphasized the need for businesses to enhance their fault tolerance and avoid dependency on a single service provider to mitigate such widespread disruptions in the future.

 

As of October 23, 2025, AWS services are operating normally, and affected platforms have resumed regular functionality.