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🌩️ Amazon Cloud Down: What It Teaches Us About Cloud Resilience Posted by A.A.B.S. (All About Business Solutions) The recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage is a reminder that even the world’s largest cloud platforms can experience downtime. From streaming apps and enterprise dashboards to small business apps, the ripple effects were global and immediate. The disruption began around 3:11 a.m. ET in the US-East-1 region and quickly cascaded through multiple services, causing elevated error rates, latencies, and connectivity issues. READ THE CYBER SECURITY BLOG POST . 🛑 Who was impacted? Here are some of the major networks, apps and businesses hit by the outage: Social Media & Messaging: Snapchat, Signal, Discord (via downstream services) Facebook Gaming Platforms: Fortnite, Roblox, Pokémon Go, Wordle Major Retail & Apps: McDonald's App, Venmo, Coinbase, Duolingo, Amazon.com (including Alexa, P...