The only thing scarier than a $2.5 billion AWS bill is the customer support response saying 'We'll investigate within 5-7 business days.'
An AWS bug turned a 5-cent bill into $2.5 billion
A Redditor normally paying five cents a month for AWS storage got a billing alert for $2.5 billion due to a bug. Their single S3 bucket, untouched since 2023, triggered the error. AWS has not commented publicly on the glitch.
Source: An AWS bug turned a 5-cent bill into $2.5 billion — BoingBoing
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