AWS Outage Disrupts Global Online Services
A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has caused disruptions to online services worldwide, affecting platforms like Snapchat, Fortnite, and Reddit.
According to downdetector.com, approximately 2,000 websites, apps, and banking services have reported issues, including well-known brands such as Starbucks and McDonald's.
The issue is centered on AWS' US-EAST-1 region, highlighting the heavy reliance of global businesses, including those in Ireland, 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.
- Snapchat
- Fortnite
- Starbucks
- McDonald's