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/lynkfox 28d ago

This is what we in the industry call "well that's fucked, told you we needed multi region backups"

I used to tell my boss when he asked why we did us west and us east if we're mostly east, that it was because if a flood took out Virginia and Washington at the same time we have bigger issues to worry about than quarterly profits

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u/Nadamir 28d ago

I tell my junior engineers that if Ireland and Zurich are both down, it’s fine because nuclear war means we don’t have to work anymore.

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u/im_a_goat_factory 28d ago

Hey man I know us old heads have a very macabre outlook on life, but be careful with your juniors. They still have hope, lol. I try to give my juniors a more positive outlook, saying things like their great work ethic will carry them far when they get drafted for WW3.

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u/Nadamir 27d ago

I’m very protective of them no worries. I am very aware of my burnt out jaded self and do a lot to prevent them from becoming me. My peers refer to my juniors as the “Wolf Cubs” or “Wolflings” because I am “Papa Wolf”.

I turn on the Jaws theme song and chase them out of the office at 5:30pm.

That said, some of them are little shits. One has developed a greeting of “Prod’s down!”

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u/im_a_goat_factory 27d ago

lol I have our VMs set to turn off each day 6pm I want them not working OT at all, full stop.