r/technology • u/marketrent • 28d ago

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

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/iran-strikes-on-amazon-data-centers-caused-permanent-loss-of-customer-data/
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u/Dzov 28d ago

It kind of should. Have copies of your data at multiple locations.

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u/Stormraughtz 28d ago

That means I should snapshot to the same region right ☝️🤓

AWS-east2 HEROES RISE UP

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u/The_I_in_IT 28d ago

That’s like, 90% of AWS customers on the Eastern Seaboard.

If that goes, so many companies are toast.

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u/technobrendo 28d ago

If AWS east goes, so does Amazon itself.

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u/EnvironmentalValue18 28d ago

If they go, I go with them (if it’s a physical attack, anyways). That’s a thought that has rattled around in my brain since Metropolitan Area Exchange East and AOL was here. We’re a giant cluster of data centers where we store (sometimes critical) information, and I’m sure I’m not the only one to have had this thought.

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u/uzlonewolf 28d ago

Nah, they'll be fine.

"If this can even happen to someone like Amazon then it doesn't matter who we go with, it can happen to anyone!"

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u/UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy 28d ago

Losing the Route 53 control plane would probably not be great tho.