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AWS incident disrupted access and card payments for users of several banks (e.g. Lloyds bank) Amazon Web Services (AWS) apologized for a major outage on October 20, affecting over 1,000 sites, including Snapchat, Reddit, and Lloyds Bank. The outage was due to errors in AWS's US-EAST-1 data centers, disrupting the Domain Name System (DNS) processes. Some services recovered in hours, but others, like Lloyds Bank and Venmo, faced prolonged issues. The outage highlighted the tech industry's reliance on AWS's cloud services. AWS pledged to learn from the incident and improve service availability. Dr. Junade Ali noted the failure stemmed from faulty automation, emphasizing the need for diversified cloud providers.