A massive AWS outage originating from the US-EAST-1 region caused widespread internet disruptions Monday, affecting services from ChatGPT to government platforms. The incident stemmed from DNS resolution issues with Amazon’s DynamoDB database, exposing critical dependencies in global cloud infrastructure.
Widespread Internet Disruption Traced to AWS Infrastructure
A significant cloud computing failure originating from Amazon Web Services’ primary US-EAST-1 region caused extensive internet service disruptions worldwide Monday morning, according to status reports from AWS. The outage affected Amazon’s own e-commerce platform, Ring doorbells, Alexa smart assistants, Meta’s WhatsApp, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, PayPal’s Venmo, Epic Games services, and multiple British government websites, among numerous other platforms.