Have you ever had an “Oh boy” moment when your favorite application does not load and you assume there is a fault with your Internet connection? In October 2025, this occurred on a global scale — but in point of fact, it was not your Internet connection that failed; it was Amazon’s.
A slight misconfiguration of DNS on behalf of Amazon Web Services (AWS) caused a nationwide catastrophe on the Internet, taking with it such corporate behemoths as Fortnite, Alexa, and, not forgetting, the mobile ordering facility at McDonald’s.
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