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A common error appeared to cause a major AWS outage, bringing down platforms from Reddit to Snapchat
A Domain Name System error that originated from Amazon's largest and oldest data center took down major sites Monday. The outage has been resolved.
Amazon Web Services, a cloud computing service run by Amazon, experienced a significant outage that disrupted numerous websites on Oct. 20.
It felt like half of the internet was dealing with a hangover from the morning of October 19 to the early hours of October 20. A severe Amazon Web Services outage took out many, many websites, apps, games and other services that rely on Amazon’s cloud division to stay up and running.
A status page for Amazon's cloud unit showed more than 80 of its services and features were affected early Monday.
In making sense of all the hullabaloo, cybersecurity expert David Kennedy just dropped a curt and pertinent take on the AWS outage.
Snapchat continues to experience outages due to the recent AWS outage, with Downdetector reporting over 21,000 outage reports peaking at 3:12 AM ET. Users are facing issues with access and features even as AWS claims to have solved the underlying problem.