Amazon's Cloud Unit Issues Apology, Explains How Rare Software Bug Triggered Global AWS Outage This Week

Benzinga
2025.10.24 13:15
portai
I'm PortAI, I can summarize articles.

Amazon's cloud unit, AWS, apologized for a major outage affecting over 1,000 websites, including Snapchat and Disney+. The outage was caused by a rare software bug in its Northern Virginia data center, leading to a cascading failure. AWS stated it will learn from this incident and has disabled the faulty automation. The event has raised concerns about the concentration of power in Big Tech, prompting calls for a breakup of such companies. Elon Musk noted that X operates independently of AWS. Amazon's ratings are 65.94% momentum and 92.76% growth according to Benzinga.