Amazon, Roblox and cloud outage
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Roblox, along with other games, are encountering server issues due to a global server outage happening this Oct. 20.
A huge number of websites and games are experiencing outages today (Monday 20th October), including platforms such as Roblox and Fortnite. The source of the issues appears to stem from Amazon’s cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), which hosts many of the world's platforms, including banking services.
DOZENS of games, apps and banks went down after a global outage this morning. Roblox gamers, Snapchat users and Halifax customers were among those battling to access platforms following a server
Even Amazon's own services weren't immune. Users of the company's Ring doorbell cameras and Alexa-powered smart speakers posted on DownDetector that they weren't working, while others said they were unable to access the Amazon website or download books to their Kindle.
AWS experienced an Outage in the early morning hours of Oct. 20, that downed more than a dozen websites. What happened?
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Down Detector was flooded with huge spikes just after 8am UK time - with some issues coming back this afternoon