European Infrastructure Vulnerability Exposed by Major Cloud Service Disruption
A widespread AWS outage disrupted essential services across Europe, revealing deep infrastructure vulnerabilities. Analysts suggest the incident underscores strategic risks in relying on overseas technology providers for critical systems.
Major Cloud Outage Disrupts European Services
A significant Amazon Web Services outage on October 20 caused widespread disruption to critical services across Europe, according to industry reports. The incident affected airports, banks, hospitals, and government services throughout the continent, with some systems going completely offline during the downtime. Sources indicate that AWS holds between 40-50% of the UK’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service market and supports essential services including the National Health Service and Ministry of Defence.