Editorial: A failure at Amazon’s server centre paralysed global services for 15 hours. It was not just a glitch but a stark reminder of our digital dependency and fragility

The turmoil marked the largest internet disruption since last year's CrowdStrike malfunction hobbled technology systems in hospitals, banks and airports.

Social media, demand TV, financial firms and governments around the world were among those hit by a major outage at cloud services provider Amazon Web Services.