AWS Outage Disrupts Online Services Globally
A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has affected online services worldwide, impacting platforms like Snapchat, Fortnite, and Reddit.
According to downdetector.com, around 2,000 websites, apps, and banking services have reported issues, including well-known brands like Starbucks and McDonald's.
AWS reported that the problem is centered on its US-EAST-1 region, highlighting the heavy reliance of businesses on a small number of cloud providers for critical operations.
The scale of disruption shows how heavily businesses worldwide, including in Ireland, rely on a small number of cloud providers.
Affected services include multiple enterprise tools that depend on AWS cloud infrastructure.
Author's summary: AWS outage affects thousands of websites and apps.
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