Major Digital Platforms Experience Widespread Outages Wednesday Evening
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Summary
A widespread outage affected multiple major digital platforms including Amazon Web Services, Instagram, Xbox Live, and financial services on Wednesday evening. The disruptions appeared to be happening in parallel across different services, with monitoring sites like Downdetector showing cascading failures. The root cause of the outages remains unclear as users globally reported service disruptions.
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real-time data from monitoring site Downdetector showing disruptions across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook, Xbox Live and more
The incidents appear to be happening in parallel, though the cause of the disruption remains unclear
Global users report widespread outages across Amazon Web Services, Instagram, Xbox and financial platforms
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