Outage at Amazon cloud service unit causes major disruption

Deutsche Welle (DW)CenterEN 1 min read 100% complete by Louis Oelofse | Timothy Jones with ReutersOctober 25, 2025 at 04:26 PM

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On October 20, 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world's largest cloud computing provider, experienced a significant outage affecting numerous major websites and applications including Duolingo, Snapchat, Perplexity, Fortnite, Alexa, Hulu, Disney+, Signal, WhatsApp, and Tinder. The disruption was caused by an underlying DNS issue with a regional gateway on the US East Coast. AWS identified the problem and restored services by 18:00 Eastern Time (00:00 CET). This outage marked one of the most significant internet disruptions since last year's CrowdStrike failure.

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