December 11, 2021 08:34 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/11/22829544/amazon-web-services-overwhelmed-network-outage
Amazon Web Services says overwhelmed network devices triggered outage
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided an explanation as to what caused the outage that downed parts of its own services, as well as the third-party websites and online platforms that utilize AWS. In a post on the AWS website, the company explains that an automated process caused the outage, which began around 10:30AM ET in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) region.
“An automated activity to scale capacity of one of the AWS services hosted in the main AWS network triggered an unexpected behavior from a large number of clients inside the internal network,” Amazon’s report says. “This resulted in a large surge of connection activity...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/11/22829544/amazon-web-services-overwhelmed-network-outage
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