Several Websites Worldwide Experience Sudden Outage, Suspected to Be Linked to Amazon Web Services

BlockBeats News, October 20th, according to tracking website DownDetector, several of the world's largest applications and websites suddenly suffered outages.

Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo, and Canva all experienced issues. These problems appear to be related to an issue with Amazon Web Services, which provides the infrastructure that powers much of the modern internet.

The company stated on its service status page that "Amazon Cloud Services" experienced an "increase in error rates" and delays.