Wired·3 min read·medium
AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees
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Caroline Haskins
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AWS customers reported receiving erroneous, multi-billion dollar billing notifications due to a technical glitch in the company's pricing computation system. Amazon confirmed the issue was global and stated they are working to revert to previous billing data.
Bill Radjewski, who runs CollegeFootballData.com, was one of the affected customers. This morning, he woke up to a jarring email alert from AWS: He had racked up more than $1.5 billion in usage fees, and his August 1 bill was on track to be upwards of $3 billion.
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