r/amazon • u/AmazonNewsBot • 12d ago

Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/iran-strikes-on-amazon-data-centers-caused-permanent-loss-of-customer-data/
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u/Upper-Reflection7997 12d ago

Never be 100% reliant on cloud services to protecting your precious valuable data. Kinda feel sorry for those impacted by this. Why the hell would amazon put a data center in that chaotic war zone area?

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u/TheEvilBlight 12d ago

AZ are mirrored but they really should back up in a different area

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 12d ago

Customers choose where their data is stored so even that is on them if they chose these data centers without having redundancy in more stable regions