Iran attacks Amazon’s cloud business in Bahrain: Report

Iran's attack on Amazon in Bahrain raises tensions after a reported strike on AWS facility triggered a fire, following threats against US companies in the region.

Iran on Wednesday struck Amazon’s cloud computing business in Bahrain, Reuters reported citing Financial Times.

Bahrain’s interior ministry had earlier said that a fire took place at a company facility following Iranian attack and that the civil defence teams extinguished the blaze.

However, Bahrain’s interior ministry didn’t provide the name of the company which has been reportedly struck by Iran and also refrained from providing casualties or the ​extent of damage.

The development of strike comes a day after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had threatened to target US ​companies in the Middle East, including Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Tesla, Amazon in retaliation for US-Israel’s joint attack on Iran.

Amazon is yet to respond to the matter.

Last week, Amazon had said that its Amazon Web Services in Bahrain region had been disrupted amid the current conflict ‌in the Middle East, which marked the second time in the month when the e-commerce giant’s operations were affected during the war.

An Amazon spokesperson had told Reuters that the disruption was due to drone activity in the area. The e-commerce company further added that it is working to migrate customers to other AWS regions, while the Bahrain region recovers, but the company refrained from providing the extent of damage.

“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 had earlier said.

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Iran on Wednesday struck Amazon’s cloud computing business in Bahrain, Reuters reported citing Financial Times.

Bahrain’s interior ministry had earlier said that a fire took place at a company facility following Iranian attack and that the civil defence teams extinguished the blaze.

However, Bahrain’s interior ministry didn’t provide the name of the company which has been reportedly struck by Iran and also refrained from providing casualties or the ​extent of damage.

The development of strike comes a day after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had threatened to target US ​companies in the Middle East, including Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Tesla, Amazon in retaliation for US-Israel’s joint attack on Iran.

Amazon is yet to respond to the matter.

Last week, Amazon had said that its Amazon Web Services in Bahrain region had been disrupted amid the current conflict ‌in the Middle East, which marked the second time in the month when the e-commerce giant’s operations were affected during the war.

An Amazon spokesperson had told Reuters that the disruption was due to drone activity in the area. The e-commerce company further added that it is working to migrate customers to other AWS regions, while the Bahrain region recovers, but the company refrained from providing the extent of damage.

“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 had earlier said.