Amazon says AWS Bahrain region ‘disrupted’ following drone activity
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The disruption marks the second time in a month that AWS operations have been affected by the Iran war.
United States tech giant Amazon has said its Amazon Web Services (AWS) region in Bahrain was “disrupted” amid the current conflict in the Middle East, following Iran’s threats to target US offices and infrastructure run by top US companies.
An Amazon spokesperson on Monday confirmed the disruption due to drone activity, the Reuters news agency reported, marking the second time in a month that the company’s operations have been affected by the war.
Amazon did not immediately comment on whether its Bahrain facility was directly hit by a drone attack or if the disruption was due to nearby attacks.
The company said it was helping to migrate customers to alternate AWS regions while it recovers, though it did not provide additional details such as the extent of the damage or how long it anticipates the disruption to last.
“As this situation evolves and, as we have advised before, we request those with workloads in the affected regions continue to migrate to other locations,” Amazon told Reuters in a statement Monday night.
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