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Photos revealed Iranian airstrikes caused widespread damage to U.S. military facilities, striking hundreds of buildings and damaging dozens of aircraft. AWS confirmed the strikes on Middle East data centers caused permanent loss of customer data that could not be restored.
Photos show Iranian airstrikes caused widespread damage to U.S. military facilities in the Middle East, hitting hundreds of buildings and destroying dozens of aircraft. More surprisingly, the strikes also damaged AWS data centers in the region, and Amazon confirmed the damage caused permanent loss of customer data that couldn't be recovered. The data loss affected clients using those facilities for critical operations.
Military damage is expected in a conflict. The AWS angle is the surprise. It shows that Iranian strikes weren't precision-targeted at military infrastructure alone, or that commercial data centers in the region happened to be nearby. Either way, it reveals a vulnerability in how the U.S. distributes critical infrastructure. Companies and government agencies both rely on cloud services in war zones without always knowing the real-world risks. This incident makes that risk concrete.
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