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What caused Amazon’s AWS outage, and why did so many major apps go offline?

Amazon Web Services, a cloud platform that supports a portion of the internet, experienced a massive outage on Monday.

What caused massive outage for thousands of sites? What to know about AWS incident

The issue impacted thousands of websites and apps across the globe. The website DownDetector showed users reporting issues ...

Why Did Amazon Web Services (AWS) Really Go Down? Here’s What We Know

Yesterday, a major AWS outage brought the world to a standstill. But why did it happen? And will it ever happen again? The ...

What is DNS and how is the internet system linked to the AWS outage

Web browsers interact through Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. DNS translates domain names to IP addresses so browsers can load Internet resources. Each device connected to the Internet has a unique ...

What the Huge AWS Outage Reveals About the Internet

Amazon Web Services experienced DNS resolution issues on Monday morning, taking down wide swaths of the web—and highlighting ...

AWS outage crashes Amazon, Prime Video, Fortnite, Perplexity and more

AWS outage has taken down millions of websites, including Amazon.com, Prime Video, Perplexity AI, Canva and more.