Iranian drone strikes hit three AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain — Iran confirms it targeted Amazon cloud infrastructure

Iranian drone strikes targeted and damaged three Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, causing outages across core services like EC2, S3, and DynamoDB. The strikes marked the first confirmed military attack on a hyperscale cloud provider. The attacks led to structural damage, power disruptions, and water damage from fire suppression systems. Several companies in the Gulf, including ride-sharing platforms and banks, reported disruptions due to the outages. AWS advised customers to activate disaster recovery plans and migrate workloads away from the affected regions while repairs are ongoing.