Drone strike on Amazon data centres shows war is now fought in the cloud
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The drone strikes that damaged multiple Amazon Web Services data centres in the Middle East last week should serve as a wake-up call for governments around the world. For the first time, core cloud infrastructure, once seen largely as commercial technology, has now been directly struck in a military conflict.
According to Amazon Web Services, two of its regional facilities sustained direct hits while a third site in Bahrain was affected by a fire from a nearby strike. The company reported structural damage, disruptions to power delivery and fire-suppression measures that caused additional water damage to equipment.
