Experts say the incident revealed what can happen when a such a broad spectrum of companies rely on singular cloud provider.

Amazon Web Services, a cloud computing service run by Amazon, experienced a significant outage that disrupted numerous websites on Oct. 20.

It wasn’t a hack, but instead it had a Domain Name System or DNS error that occurred at AWS’s US-EAST-1 location in northern Virginia.

Many college and K-12 students were unable to access assignments or course materials Monday morning as the learning management platform Canvas reported widespread connectivity issues caused by an Amazon Web Services outage.

Widespread internet outages were reported early on Monday, taking down popular services including Snapchat, Fortnite and Roblox, as Amazon Web Services said there was an issue they were working to mitigate.

Amazon's AWS outage meant big problems for large swaths of the internet. What have we learned in the past 24 hours?

Vice President Bob Wambach of Dynatrace says global economy's dependence on cloud providers creates risk of systemic outages lasting hours or days.

Yesterday, a major AWS outage brought the world to a standstill. But why did it happen? And will it ever happen again?

Millions around the world found themselves unable to access popular services thanks to a Domain Name System issue with Amazon Web Services.

A problem at Amazon's cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world early Monday, taking down dozens of online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and chat app Signal.