AWS Outage Disrupts Global Online Services
A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has disrupted online services worldwide, affecting platforms such as Snapchat, Fortnite, and Reddit.
- Approximately 2,000 websites, apps, and banking services have reported problems, according to downdetector.com.
- Well-known brands outside the tech space, such as Starbucks and McDonald's, have also been affected.
The issue is centered on AWS's US-EAST-1 region, highlighting the heavy reliance of global businesses on a small number of cloud providers for critical operations.
AWS reported the issue is centred on its US-EAST-1 region.
Author's summary: AWS outage affects thousands of websites and apps globally.