LOS ANGELES – Drone strikes targeting Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East have exposed the physical vulnerabilities of the global cloud infrastructure.
While AWS reports making progress on recovery, the attacks have prompted a regional shift in how data traffic is managed during conflict.
What we know:
AWS confirmed late Monday that two data centers in the United Arab Emirates were “directly struck” and a facility in Bahrain was damaged by a nearby drone landing.
The company stated on its online dashboard that “these strikes have caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage.”
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Unlike previous software-based outages, these physical attacks resulted in localized disruptions.
AWS has advised customers in the Middle East to migrate servers and…
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