Amazon Restores AWS Cloud Services After Major Global Outage Impacting Businesses

Amazon Web Services restored operations after a major global outage disrupted numerous high-traffic sites like Snapchat and Reddit, highlighting the vulnerabilities of cloud computing.

• Amazon Web Services experienced a significant outage that affected thousands of websites worldwide, including popular platforms like Snapchat and Fortnite on Monday afternoon.
• The incident caused major disruptions across the internet, forcing many businesses to rely on alternative solutions until Amazon (company) resolved the issues with its cloud computing services.
• While Amazon reported that services were returning to normal, it noted a backlog of messages in AWS that would take several hours to clear, indicating ongoing recovery efforts.