An Amazon outage has rattled the internet. A computer scientist explains why the ‘cloud’ needs to change

The outage affected thousands of organisations – and shows the danger of putting all of your data in one basket.
The Boston Globe

What to know about Amazon cloud outage that exposed internet vulnerability

A massive internet outage stemming from errors in Amazon cloud services on Monday morning demonstrated just how many people rely on the corporate behemoth’s computational infrastructure everyday — and ...

Major online outages reported: What is AWS and how did the issue knock out so many websites?

A major AWS outage Monday morning caused problems with many of the largest sites on the internet for several hours. And it's not the first time.
Yahoo

What to know about the Amazon cloud outage that exposed the internet's vulnerable backbone

A Starbucks mobile app shows that the mobile ordering is unavailable during the Amazon Web Services outage, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) A massive internet outage ...
cybernews

Be prepared: AWS outage likely to trigger surge in phishing attacks

Over six million individuals are reported to have been impacted by Monday’s AWS outage, leaving affected users ripe for scam attacks. Here’s what to look out for. From communication apps like Reddit, ...

AWS outage was not due to a cyberattack — but shows potential for ‘far worse’ damage

The massive outage that hit Amazon Web Services early Monday and took down several major sites and services was due to an ...
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What to know about how a massive Amazon cloud outage exposed the internet's vulnerable backbone

A massive internet outage stemming from errors in Amazon cloud services on Monday morning demonstrated just how many people rely on the corporate behemoth's computational infrastructure everyday — and ...

Amazon identifies the issue that broke much of the internet today, but is still working to restore services

The outage affected websites like Coinbase and Fortnite, and disrupted services like Signal, Zoom, and Amazon's own products, including Ring.

Amazon Says Website Outages Ease After Disruption

Amazon Web Services, a major provider of cloud services for companies, said most services were back up after an issue caused outages at many websites.

Amazon says systems are back online after global internet outage

Amazon says its systems are back online again after connectivity issues persisted Monday. But reports of problems with Amazon’s cloud computing services unit AWS continue.
Technical

What is US-East-1? Why AWS Northern Virginia server issues took down half the internet

As the US East Coast awoke Monday morning, Amazon Web Services employees in Northern Virginia were likely already hard at work, scrambling to address an issue that took down popular apps and internet ...
CRN

Cloud Outages Will Increase ‘More And More’ Due To AI Usage After AWS Outage Rocks Over 1,000 Companies, Says Tech CEO

AWS cloud outage hits major airlines, large banks, popular steaming services and applications Monday morning due to a Domain Name System issue. ‘[AWS outages] are just going to continue to increase, ...