On 20 October 2025, a major internet outage knocked dozens of popular websites and apps offline, leaving users worldwide unable to log in, pay, or use familiar services for several hours. Amazon Web ...

A subtle software flaw in Amazon's core database system, DynamoDB, triggered a massive, hours-long outage affecting thousands of websites and apps. The bug, related to automated DNS management, caused ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Amazon Web Services has explained what went wrong to cause the major ...

On October 20, 2025 (Japan time), a large-scale service outage occurred in the Amazon Web Services North Virginia (us-east-1) region, forcing web services and applications around the world to ...