US EditionAWS Outage Sparks Former FBI Agent Warning For Every Workplace In 2026
The outage exposed critical vulnerabilities in AWS infrastructure, causing $75 million in hourly losses and disrupting services for over 1,000 businesses worldwide, experts said.
- Monday's AWS outage affected about 2,500 services and took the Amazon.com homepage offline, exposing broad dependency on cloud infrastructure.
- Engineers traced the outage to a DNS snafu, with many critical systems having migrated to AWS, amplifying the impact, as noted in investigations.
- Users found they could not leave Slack audio calls, with Slack reporting some remained stuck in huddles and engineers working to 'clean up' affected huddles.
- Payments failures hit Venmo and UK banks including Lloyds and the Bank of Scotland, causing disruptions and missing transactions, as the outage traced to a DNS error.
- The outage prompted calls for investment in cybersecurity skills and certifications, with experts urging internal resiliency, staff training, and noting roles can pay up to $150,000.
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