AWS Outage: A Single Cloud Region Shouldn't Take Down the World. But It Did
11 hours ago
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- A major AWS outage disrupted services like Amazon, Snapchat, and Disney+, affecting over 70 AWS services.
- The outage was caused by an 'operational issue' related to DNS resolution in the US-EAST-1 region.
- High-profile platforms such as Reddit, Canva, and Coinbase experienced significant disruptions.
- Government websites and banking services, including HMRC and Lloyds, were also impacted.
- AWS reported signs of recovery, but some services like Reddit continued to face issues.
- The incident highlighted risks of heavy reliance on major cloud providers.