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AWS Outage Cripples Internet Services
9 May
Summary
- AWS outage began May 7 and lasted over 24 hours.
- US-EAST-1 Region services were primarily affected.
- Trading apps FanDuel and Coinbase experienced disruptions.
A significant Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage commenced on May 7, impacting internet services for over 24 hours. Recovery efforts, described as slower than anticipated, were ongoing as of Friday evening, with full restoration expected to take several additional hours. The outage primarily affected the US-EAST-1 Region, leading to temporary disruptions for critical services.
Among the affected platforms were popular trading applications FanDuel and Coinbase, which experienced service interruptions. Coinbase cited increased temperatures in the affected AWS service as the cause for its disruption, assuring users their funds remained safe. The web analytics company Chartbeat also reported issues attributed to the AWS failure, underscoring the pervasive impact of cloud service disruptions.
