Concerns have been voiced by MPs regarding the reliance of critical UK IT infrastructure on overseas hosting following widespread disruption to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The outage caused significant interruptions for numerous online platforms, including HMRC , Halifax , and Lloyds .

The monitoring site Downdetector recorded a surge in reports on Monday, indicating thousands of users experienced service interruptions across AWS itself, HM Revenue & Customs , Snapchat , Starbucks , Slack , and Ring.

Customers also reported an increase in outage reports at UK banks including Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland – with 6,925 Downdetector outage reports at Lloyds at 9.31am.

An error message posted on Halifax’s website read: “Sorry, we’re unable to process your reque

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