Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars
Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars
In Brief
Posted:
Some Amazon cloud customers woke up on Friday to a surprise bill estimate that said they owed billions of dollars for cloud services they had never used.
Amazon confirmed on Friday that it’s trying to resolve a bug in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) billing portal that showed some customers “owed” millions or billions in cloud computing costs.
In an update on its status page, Amazon said it began seeing inaccurate billing data as of late Thursday. But by Friday morning, the company conceded that the “rollback of a recent change did not resolve the issue.” Amazon said the change relates to its billing computation subsystem.
The good news for the customers who were told they “owe” millions or billions to Amazon are likely off the hook. The billing estimates “do not reflect actual usage and charges,” Amazon said.
According to several screenshots posted by Amazon customers on Reddit, one customer was quoted a billing estimate of close to $2.5 billion for this month’s AWS usage, while others had similar alerts, ranging from a few million dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars.
A spokesperson for Amazon did not immediately return a request for comment. The issue is expected to last several more hours, per Amazon’s status page.
Newsletters
Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news
Related
Latest in Security
Sponsored
Sponsored
Sponsored
Sponsored
Ads
Categories
Read More
Ace Combat 8 Brings Aerial Dogfighting Into the Misinformation AgeI'd just finished off several waves of fighter planes and attack helicopters headed for the last port still under the control of my desperate nation, keeping our feeble chances alive for one more day. I returned to our base, an aging aircraft carrier, to chat with the corporate bigwig who'd thrown in with our ragtag remainders....
UK scientists developing Ebola vaccine that could be ready for trials in months9 minutes agoJames GallagherHealth and science correspondentGetty ImagesScientists at Oxford University are developing a new vaccine that could be ready for clinical trials within two to three months to help tackle the Ebola emergency.The outbreak, centred on the Democratic Republic of Congo, has resulted in 750...
A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky’s app Here’s something that you’ve never seen on Big Tech social platforms: the decentralized open social network Bluesky has integrated new technology from a startup called Germ Network in order to bring end-to-end encrypted (E2E) messaging to the Bluesky app. The move makes Germ DM the first private...
A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom Lachy Groom, one of Silicon Valley’s most closely watched solo investors, decided to back Indian startup Pronto just 20 minutes into his first meeting with its 24-year-old founder. The meeting, which took place in February through a mutual connection, led to Groom investing $20 million in Pronto as an extension of its Series...
Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 23, #638Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. If you're struggling with the puzzle but still...
