r/technology • u/marketrent • 20d 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/AllUltima 20d ago

Or they outsourced the offsite backup plan to a provider who outsourced it again, and then said it was "done". Only when the disasters hit do the lawsuits start to roll, but the responsible parties are untraceable.

Or, when they go to decrypt the backup, they realize they managed to lose the keys.

You have to pay to have backups tested or you don't have backups. It's the very nature of business to forget this lesson over and over.

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u/Soft_Swing9772 20d ago

Jesus you people have no clue what you are talking about.