Iranian strikes on AWS facilities left customer data beyond recovery in Bahrain, UAE

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Summary by Cyber Security News17 Sep 2026, 15:12 CEST

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Six months after Iranian drone strikes tore through its Middle East infrastructure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acknowledged the permanent loss of customer data in Bahrain and the UAE. In two updates posted September 15, AWS said it can no longer recover customer data and resources stored in its Middle East (Bahrain) region, known as me-south-1, or in one availability zone of its Middle East (UAE) region, known as me-central-1. For the UAE, the loss … More →

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