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Iran attacks Amazon’s cloud business in Bahrain: Report
Reuters said the strike damaged Amazon Web Services and disrupted operations as Iran warned of further attacks on U.S. companies.
- On Wednesday, Iran struck an Amazon Web Services cloud computing facility in Bahrain, with the interior ministry confirming a fire resulted from what it called "Iranian aggression."
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had threatened 18 American companies in retaliation for US-Israeli military operations, warning that employees should "immediately leave their workplaces to preserve their lives."
- Amazon Web Services had previously advised clients to migrate workloads to other regions amid regional conflict, marking the second disruption of the company's Bahrain operations this month.
- The British embassy in Saudi Arabia warned nationals to avoid US-linked facilities, while Kuwait reported a drone attack that sparked a large fire at a fuel depot and a tanker was hit off Qatar.
- President Trump stated American forces will leave the region "very soon" within two to three weeks, while Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian defended the nation's response as "legitimate self-defense" in a letter to the American people.
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News of the attack comes one day after Iran's Revolutionary Guard has threatened to attack American big techs in the Middle East, including Microsoft, Google and Apple
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