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AWS BILLING ERROR INFLATES CUSTOMER BILLS TO BILLIONS

Amazon Web Services experienced a significant billing glitch that dramatically inflated customer invoices, with some bills skyrocketing from cents to billions of dollars. The error affected multiple customers before AWS identified and addressed the issue.

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