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Pascale Davies

Amazon explains exactly why its cloud server outage took down much of the internet

Amazon has laid out why its cloud computing service went dark this week, taking down online banking platforms, a government website, social media, and food delivery services for hours.

In a lengthy description posted on its site, Amazon Web Services (AWS) said there was a bug in its automation software that caused cascading issues.

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