Amazon services 'recovering' as Snapchat and banks among sites hit by outage

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing division of Amazon, experienced a major outage on Tuesday, affecting a wide range of online services and websites. The outage led to disruptions for companies like Snapchat, Delta Air Lines, and several major banks. Downdetector, a platform that tracks website and service outages, reported that the issues had impacted more than 1,000 different businesses. The outage appeared to be centered on the US-East-1 region, which is one of AWS's largest and most important data centers. Amazon acknowledged the issue and stated that the company was "working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible." Later, the company reported that the services were "recovering" and that they were continuing to work on fully restoring all affected systems. The widespread impact of the outage highlights the significant reliance that many companies and services have on AWS and the potential consequences of disruptions to this critical infrastructure.