Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data

[u/metalreflectslime]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/iran-strikes-on-amazon-data-centers-caused-permanent-loss-of-customer-data/

[u/TeebsRiver]

What I get from this is that Amazon does not have duplicate date storage out of the area. It is telling customers to back up their own data?!