When Amazon Broke the Internet: Legal Implications for Businesses. A Wake-Up Call for Cloud Dependency
On October 20, 2025, a major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage disrupted internet access for millions across the United States, temporarily breaking some of the world’s most widely used platforms — including Slack, Venmo, Robinhood, Reddit, and Prime Video. What began as a routine DNS update quickly spiraled into a global disruption after faulty routing …










