AWS Data Center Overheating Disrupts Global Financial Platforms

AWS experienced a major service disruption in its Northern Virginia region due to data center overheating and power loss, impacting global platforms like Coinbase and CME Group.

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#cybersecurity #infosec #incident #powerfailure
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AWS Data Center Overheating Disrupts Global Financial Platforms

AWS experienced a major service disruption in its Northern Virginia region due to data center overheating and power loss, impacting global platforms like Coinbase and CME Group.

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End of wire. When you have to get message over black fiber and there is no infrastructure to support you.
#resilience #preparedness #comsec #offthegrid #emp #powerfailure #blackout #powergrid

First brief power flutter. They must be working on it.

#PowerFailure

I’ve got this Belkin power bank with an emergency light that’s supposed to turn on whenever there’s a power outage.

Not once has it ever come on when the power is out.

Today I figured out why: it is plugged into my UPS. #PowerFailure

Hopefully they’re not too off base with their repair estimate. (They usually are.)

So far, so good. It’s a pleasant 21° outside, with a bit of a breeze. We’ve opened all the windows and doors and it’s cooling down nicely inside. 1849 customers affected. #PowerFailure

sowas gibt's nur in #deutschland #nachtflugverbot jetzt auch für #windräder ob dann #stromausfall oder nicht egal oder? dann macht der kühlschrank halt auch #nachtruhe X-D #nurindeutschland #unglaublich #wtf

Only in #Germany #nightflightban now also for #windturbines Whether the lights go out, #powerfailure or not who cares right? #onlyinGermany #unbelievable #wtf #cantmakethisup #cantmakethisshitup

What is arcing and why does it keep snapping the overhead LRT wires?
OC Transpo has blamed electric arcing for three power failures on the LRT. CBC’s Arthur White-Crummey spoke with transit officials and an engineer to find out why it keeps happening.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7131034?cmp=rss
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Saturday surprises, but everything worked as expected. Moments later system was safely shutdown without data corruption.

2026-02-07T08:58:11.137171+02:00 system apcupsd[2683]: Power failure. 2026-02-07T08:58:17.820313+02:00 system apcupsd[2683]: Running on UPS batteries.

#UPS #powerfailure #poweroutage #sysadmin