AWS Outage Disrupts Online Services Globally
A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has affected thousands of websites, apps, and services worldwide, including platforms like Snapchat, Fortnite, and Reddit.
According to downdetector.com, around 2,000 websites, apps, and banking services have reported problems, including well-known brands like Starbucks and McDonald's.
AWS reported that the issue is centered on its US-EAST-1 region, highlighting the heavy reliance of businesses worldwide 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 for critical operations.
Author's summary: AWS outage affects thousands of websites and services.