lloyds banking outage A massive internet outage linked to Amazon Web Services (AWS) disrupted major online platforms including Snapchat, Roblox, and Lloyds Bank, triggering widespread frustration among users and businesses. The outage affected millions, causing login failures, transaction errors, and app crashes across multiple countries.
Amazon’s cloud division, AWS — which supports a huge portion of the world’s digital infrastructure — experienced a significant technical failure that cascaded into downtime for dependent services. Snapchat users were unable to send or receive messages, Roblox players were locked out of game servers, and Lloyds Bank customers reported outages in online and mobile banking.
AWS engineers quickly began recovery efforts, and partial service restoration was reported within hours. Amazon has yet to confirm the exact cause, though preliminary reports suggest a network configuration issue in its cloud infrastructure.
The outage served as a reminder of how deeply intertwined modern life has become with a few key cloud providers. Experts have called for greater diversification and backup systems to reduce the impact of such failures.
While most services have since resumed normal operation, the event underscores the fragility of the digital ecosystem and how even brief disruptions can ripple across the global economy.
