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Re:Summary of the Amazon DynamoDB Service Disruption in US-E... by ramraj07 on Friday October 24, 2025 @07:45PM (#45700219)
Okay I concede that the power grid was a poor example but clearly the internet is not. No one pointed out a counter for teh internet
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Re:Summary of the Amazon DynamoDB Service Disruption in US-E... by singron on Friday October 24, 2025 @08:04PM (#45700319)
Some of the biggest failures have been BGP leaks/hijacks. E.g. https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/youtube-hijacking-a-ripe-...

This has gotten significantly better in recent years, but it used to be possible and common for a single misbehaving AS to cause global issues.

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