Eiii Ghana, the internet dey do wahala! Many popular websites and apps, like Zoom, Roblox, and even some banking services, were facing serious problems today because of a major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. AWS, for those who don't know, be like the backbone for plenty of big companies' websites and platforms. When AWS get problem, e dey affect everybody.
What Happened?
According to reports, the problem started at one of AWS's data centres in the US, specifically in northern Virginia. This data centre be responsible for providing computing power, data storage, and other important digital services. When things go wrong there, e dey cause serious disruptions across the internet. Imagine say your light off, you no go fit watch TV or charge your phone, e be same thing!
Which Companies Were Affected?
Plenty companies chop problem today. Apart from the ones wey we mention already, Snapchat, Coinbase, and even some government agencies were affected. Downdetector, a website wey dey track outages, receive over 11 million reports of connectivity issues from all over the world. Chale, that be plenty!
- Snapchat
- Roblox
- Zoom
- Coinbase
- Duolingo
- Canva
- Wordle
Is Everything Fixed Now?
AWS say dem don fix the main problem, but some companies still dey struggle to recover fully. E dey take time to get everything back to normal after such a big disruption. The good news be say, AWS say the outage no be because of cyberattack, so at least we no get to worry about hackers.
This situation dey show how much we dey rely on cloud services these days. When something like this happen, e dey remind us how fragile these systems can be. Make we all pray say e no go happen again anytime soon! We go keep you updated as we get more information.