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Here's who has been impacted by the AWS outage 

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21.10.2025

Scores of popular online platforms experienced problems Monday as Amazon Web Services (AWS) grappled with an outage.

Amazon’s cloud computing arm, which is a leading provider of cloud infrastructure services, first reported issues around 3 a.m. EDT in the “US-East-1" region located in Northern Virginia.

It identified a problem with its DynamoDB database and began applying fixes to resolve the issue. The company said around 6:30 a.m. it had been “fully mitigated” and most services were up and working again.

However, a second wave of outages appeared late Monday morning. AWS linked the connectivity problems to an issue with its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), which allows users to virtually access computing power.

It began applying fixes early Monday afternoon and said around 4 p.m. the company was seeing improvements across all of its services.

Here’s what has reported issues amid the AWS outage:

Coinbase

The crypto exchange Coinbase acknowledged in a post on X around 3:45 a.m. that many users were unable to access its services due to the AWS outage but emphasized that “all funds are safe.”

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