We Now Know What Caused The AWS Outage That Shut Down Most Of The Internet

Amazon Web Services crash: who owns the internet?

In the early hours of 20 October, a simple error disrupted the operations of a data centre hub for Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Northern Virginia. The ripple effect over the next few hours caused global outages to services as diverse as banking and real-time trading, tools for office management, social media, and even advanced manufacturing.

AWS Outage 2025: What Really Happened on October 20 and What It Teaches Us About the Cloud

AWS outage on Oct 20, 2025, disrupted major apps worldwide. Learn what caused it, how it spread, and key lessons to build stronger cloud systems.

Microsoft Azure outage update: What we know about crash disrupting the internet

Microsoft Azure sparked a big outage on Wednesday on the heels of the AWS nightmare.

Amazon Web Services outage reports spike just a week after major disruption caused chaos

Amazon Web Services faced a brief wave of outage reports Wednesday that temporarily disrupted some online platforms before the cloud giant said its systems were fully restored.

All the sites affected by the Microsoft outage as thousands report issues

Numerous Microsoft services have experienced outages today, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Xbox and more.

Is Microsoft 365 down? Thousands of users reports issues with platform

Users of Microsoft 365 have reported issues with the platform today (Wednesday, October 29) as access issues have been noticed