Amazon Web Services is coming back online after a two-hour outage. Taking down numerous apps and services…
Reporting on Starmer’s Digital ID has focussed in on the currently existing “One Login” service:
“Under the possible plans, the technology is expected to be built on the government’s existing “One Login” infrastructure, which allows citizens to access about 50 government services, from applying for a job as a teacher to using a lasting power of attorney.”
The ID for veterans has just been rolled into One Login. Which is a client of, you guessed it, AWS…
The system runs partly on AWS’ Elastic Container Service and other AWS-managed services. Departments rely on it heavily and seeing as the government has set itself a 2029 deadline for delivery of the Digital ID expanding One Login will be the fastest route. One Login has its own AWS systems under the Digital Identity directorate…
If AWS systems go down globally so too could the fully-fleshed Digital ID. Seeing as Labour wants to expand its remit that could mean anything from blocking Brits from accessing benefits to buying a pint…