Drone Strikes Damage AWS Data Centers in Middle East
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Drone strikes have damaged three AWS data centers in the UAE and one in Bahrain, causing extensive outages across multiple cloud services. The attacks are suspected to be part of Iran's response to recent U.S. and Israeli strikes in the Middle East. The incidents have disrupted the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region (ME-CENTRAL-1) and the AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region (ME-SOUTH-1), with significant structural and power infrastructure damage reported. Amazon is working on recovery efforts, including restoring physical infrastructure and implementing software-based recovery paths. Customers are advised to back up data and migrate workloads to unaffected regions.
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03.03.2026 13:44 1 articles · 23h ago
Drone Strikes Damage AWS Data Centers in Middle East
Drone strikes have damaged AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, causing extensive outages. The attacks are suspected to be part of Iran's response to recent U.S. and Israeli strikes. Amazon is working on recovery efforts, including restoring physical infrastructure and implementing software-based recovery paths. Customers are advised to back up data and migrate workloads to unaffected regions.
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- Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 03.03.2026 13:44
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Three AWS data centers in the UAE and one in Bahrain were damaged by drone strikes.
First reported: 03.03.2026 13:441 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 03.03.2026 13:44
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The attacks are suspected to be part of Iran's response to U.S. and Israeli strikes in the Middle East.
First reported: 03.03.2026 13:441 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 03.03.2026 13:44
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The drone strikes caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery, and resulted in water damage from fire suppression activities.
First reported: 03.03.2026 13:441 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 03.03.2026 13:44
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Three availability zones in the UAE remain significantly impaired, while one in Bahrain has a localized power issue.
First reported: 03.03.2026 13:441 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 03.03.2026 13:44
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Amazon is restoring physical infrastructure and working on software-based recovery paths.
First reported: 03.03.2026 13:441 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 03.03.2026 13:44
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Customers are advised to back up data and migrate workloads to unaffected regions.
First reported: 03.03.2026 13:441 source, 1 articleShow sources
- Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 03.03.2026 13:44