AWS AWS hits customers with quadrillion dollar bills Panic-Attacks-as-a-Service Edward Targett Jul 17, 2026 - 2 min read Image credit: https://unsplash.com/@silverkblack Updated 12:37 BST with further detail from AWS on root cause.AWS hit customers with quadrillion and multi-trillion bills this week due to a bug in its global AWS Billing Console that it is scrambling to fix. Get the full story: Subscribe for free Join peers managing over $100 billion in annual IT spend and subscribe to unlock full access to The Stack’s analysis and events. Subscribe now Already a member? Sign in