A major AWS outage Monday morning caused problems with many of the largest sites on the internet for several hours. And it's not the first time.

Throughout much of Monday, people from across the world reported issues accessing a plethora of different websites and mobile apps. Many of these issues stem from the same cloud system outage within Amazon Web Services (AWS),

Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud service underpins a large chunk of the internet, accounting for about a third of the cloud market. Any outage has major ripple effects.

An outage at Amazon's cloud computing unit was gradually easing on Monday, after disrupting many online services offered by banks, social media companies and businesses. The turmoil marked the largest internet disruption since last year's CrowdStrike malfunction hobbled tech systems in hospitals,

The service provides remote computing services to many governments, universities, and companies, including The Associated Press. On DownDetector, a website that tracks online outages, users reported issues with Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, online broker Robinhood, the McDonald’s app, and many other services.

An AWS outage affected online systems in the northeastern US, causing disruption for local governments and businesses, including Iredell County's permit system.

An outage at Amazon's cloud computing unit was gradually easing on Monday, after disrupting many online services offered by banks, social media companies and businesses.

A problem at Amazon’s cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world. The outage on Monday took down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food