Major AWS DNS Outage Disrupts Global Digital Services, Highlights Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
A significant DNS subsystem failure at Amazon Web Services’ critical US-EAST-1 data region caused widespread service disruptions across major platforms. The outage affected hundreds of cloud-dependent applications and underscored systemic vulnerabilities in global digital infrastructure. Service restoration is underway, though residual delays continue to affect some users.
Global Cloud Infrastructure Disrupted by AWS DNS Failure
A massive outage at Amazon Web Services disrupted numerous popular digital platforms and services worldwide, according to reports from the cloud computing giant. The DNS subsystem failure originating from the US-EAST-1 data region in Virginia temporarily rendered services including Alexa, Fortnite, and ChatGPT inaccessible to users across multiple continents. Sources indicate that nearly 30% of global online services rely on AWS infrastructure, making this one of the most significant cloud service disruptions in recent memory.