Tuesday, 21 October, 2025
AWS Restores Global Service After Massive Outage Disrupts Thousands of Businesses

Global cloud giant AWS confirmed full service restoration following an outage that emanated from its US-EAST-1 region and disrupted major platforms including Snapchat, Reddit and Venmo. The root cause was a fault in its network-health-monitoring subsystem, which triggered DNS and DynamoDB issues. Experts say the event underscores the fragility of critical infrastructure in cloud-driven business.
Read full story at Economic Times