"AWS is a US giant with a large global footprint, having positioned itself as the backbone of the internet. It provides tools and computers which enable around a third of the internet to work, it offers storage space and database management, it saves firms from having to maintain their own costly set-ups, and it also connects traffic to those platforms. That's how it sells its services: let us look after your business's computing needs for you."
"But on Monday, something very mundane went very wrong: a common kind of outage known as a Domain Name System (DNS) error. People who work in the tech industry will be rolling their eyes right now. This common error can cause a lot of havoc. "It's always DNS!" is something I hear a lot. When someone taps an app or clicks a link, their device is essentially sending a request to be connected to that service."
A Domain Name System (DNS) error at Amazon Web Services disrupted access to platforms and services for over 1,000 companies and millions of users. Major social networks, banks, games, government services and creative platforms were affected, including Snapchat, Reddit, Lloyds, Halifax, Roblox, Fortnite, Canva and HMRC. AWS provides infrastructure used by about a third of the internet and hosts compute, storage and networking services. DNS failures can result from maintenance, server faults, human misconfiguration or cyber attacks, and can prevent devices from locating services. The outage occurred at AWS's large northern Virginia data centre.
Read at www.bbc.com
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