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Amazon Cloud Infrastructure In Bahrain Damaged In Iran Strike: Report

Batelco facility hosting AWS systems was hit by strikes amid escalating threats to US tech assets.

Amazon Cloud Infrastructure In Bahrain Damaged In Iran Strike: Report
The development comes amid Iran's warnings of potential strikes on US technology assets.
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Amazon's cloud operations in Bahrain suffered damage on Wednesday following an Iranian strike, the Financial Times reported.

According to the report, the attack targeted the headquarters of Batelco, Bahrain's leading telecommunications company, in Hamala, which hosts infrastructure for Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The development comes amid Iran's warnings of potential strikes on US technology assets.

The attack comes a day after Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to target US companies operating in the Middle East, including Microsoft, Apple, Google, META etc.

On March 24, the AWS Bahrain Region was disrupted amid ongoing conflict.

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