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Unbelievable! Amazon Web Services Outage Could Cost Billions—Are We Unsafe Online?

Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Ivanov
"This is wild! Can you imagine losing that much money in just an hour?"
Rajesh Singh
Rajesh Singh
"So much for relying on technology! What's next, a cat video outage?"
Giovanni Rossi
Giovanni Rossi
"AWS really needs to step up their game. This is getting ridiculous."
Nguyen Minh
Nguyen Minh
"Just when you think everything is smooth sailing, bam! Chaos hits!"
Samuel Okafor
Samuel Okafor
"This is a great reminder of how fragile our online world really is. Stay alert, folks!"
Isabella Martinez
Isabella Martinez
"Amazon losing $72 million in one hour? That’s a scary number!"
Alejandro Gómez
Alejandro Gómez
"I’m just here hoping my favorite games come back soon!"
Darnell Thompson
Darnell Thompson
"Maybe it’s time to find alternate services that are more reliable?"
Dmitry Sokolov
Dmitry Sokolov
"Do tech companies need to invest more in backup systems?"
Jessica Tan
Jessica Tan
"What if this outage was more than just a technical glitch? Conspiracy theory time!"

2025-10-20T18:04:24Z


Imagine waking up to find your favorite apps down, your bank inaccessible, and your online shopping spree turned into a nightmare. That’s precisely what happened today as Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a massive outage, impacting over 1,000 firms and potentially costing retailers and corporations billions of dollars in lost income and service interruptions. According to Parcelhero, an expert in home delivery, this is not just an inconvenience but a glaring reminder of our reliance on a handful of tech giants for our daily online needs.

The outage's repercussions were felt far and wide, affecting vital access to delivery applications, social media platforms, banks, airlines, and more. From major players like Amazon and Slack to beloved apps like Duolingo and Fortnite, the digital landscape was shaken. This incident echoes a similar disruption last year involving Crowdstrike, which resulted in staggering losses of $5.4 billion for Fortune 500 companies worldwide, highlighting just how fragile our online ecosystem really is.

David Jinks, M.I.L.T., Head of Consumer Research at Parcelhero, noted, “Yet again, global e-commerce businesses and services have been reminded how fragile the online ecosystem truly is. So many companies are reliant on a handful of key service providers.” With Downdetector reporting over eight million user complaints about access issues, it's clear that this was no small hiccup. The situation is dire, and businesses are left scrambling to mitigate the fallout.

Although AWS has stated that they have resolved the root cause of the issues, they also warned that full recovery might take longer than expected. While many delivery services may not have been directly affected, the fallout could still ripple through the banking systems, causing payment failures and potentially impacting global supply chains. Aviation systems, which heavily rely on AWS for operations, might experience disruptions as well. This incident began in Amazon's US-EAST-1 region in Virginia, its largest services hub.

Financially, the stakes are high. Tenscope analyzed the potential losses from such outages, estimating that major websites can lose about $75 million every hour when they’re down, with Amazon alone losing approximately $72 million. Here’s a snapshot of the estimated hourly losses for some affected platforms: Amazon: $72,831,050, Snapchat: $611,986, Zoom: $532,580, Roblox: $411,187, Fortnite: $399,543, Canva: $342,466, and Slack: $194,064. The numbers are staggering and highlight our dependence on reliable online services.

As we navigate this increasingly digital world, we must ponder: Are we truly safe and secure in our online transactions, or are we simply one outage away from chaos? The AWS outage serves as a wake-up call, urging us to examine our tech dependencies.

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Source of the news:   Hindustan Times

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