From Amazon to Roblox, how AWS outage wrecked internet
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Florida launches criminal investigation into Roblox over alleged predator access to kids
In a move to protect children from online predators, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has launched an investigation into Roblox.
A cybersecurity expert has issued a warning for people to 'stay alert' following a major worldwide internet outage dominating the headlines this morning. Many people woke up on Monday morning to widespread disruption with some of their most-used apps and services unavailable.
Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a subpoena to a popular online gaming platform, Roblox, on Monday, demanding information about how the platform sets age-verification requirements, moderates
More than 1,000 companies had 6.5 million reports of disruption, including Snapchat, Reddit, Roblox and Lloyds bank.
Beware of Roblox executors, powerful scripts that modify how Roblox works, and that can install malware in the children's devices
Among the websites impacted by AWS outage are Snapchat, Canva, Crunchyroll, Roblox, Whatnot, Rainbow Six Siege, Coinbase and Duolingo.
While the outage originated in the US, it affected Indian users due to AWS's global backbone. Over 1,000 reports emerged from India on Downdetector, focusing on gaming (Roblox, Fortnite), education (Duolingo), design (Canva), and social apps (Snapchat). Telecom services like Vodafone saw indirect hits via AWS-dependent portals.
More than 1,000 companies have had 6.5 million reports of disruption, including Snapchat, Reddit, Roblox and Lloyds bank.
The internet is apparently falling apart at the seams today with major outages reported across games like Fortnite, Roblox, and more following issues with Amazon Web Services (AWS). If you've been running into issues getting various sites and games to load today,
A 15-hour Amazon Web Services outage, triggered by a DNS failure in a Virginia data center, crippled over 1,000 websites and applications globally. Mi