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AWS bug bills customers billions; Amazon fixes error

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechCrunch ·

A bug in Amazon Web Services' billing system caused some customers to see estimated charges in the billions of dollars. The error, which appeared on Friday, was quickly identified and fixed by Amazon. Affected users were reassured that the inflated amounts were not actual charges.

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The incident highlights the potential for catastrophic billing errors in cloud services, though Amazon's swift response suggests the bug was more alarming than damaging.
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