Massive AWS Outage Exposes Internet's Weaknesses, Experts Warn
A major Amazon Web Services outage brought parts of the global economy to a halt, disrupting everything from banking apps to airline systems.
The incident, centered in AWS's massive US-East-1 region in northern Virginia, started overnight on Monday, Oct. 20. According to analytics tracker BuiltWith, the problems impacted an estimated 76 million websites, including Daily Voice.
The outage affected a wide range of popular apps and companies. Those suffering outages also included Amazon, Canva, Coinbase, Delta Air Lines, Disney+, Hinge, Lyft, Reddit, Ring, Robinhood, Roblox, Sig…
