Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage

Internet Services Disrupted by Amazon Cloud Outage

Many popular internet services were offline for hours on Monday due to an outage in Amazon's crucial cloud network.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) handles nearly a third of the planet's cloud infrastructure market, powering millions of apps and websites.

AWS's maintenance site reported "increased error rates" hitting multiple services at 0711 GMT.

AWS engineers scrambled to fix the underlying DNS issue.

Author's summary: Amazon cloud outage disrupts many internet services.

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