AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
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Re: AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
#2More recent news: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-data-centers-middle-e...
> Two facilities in the United Arab Emirates sustained direct hits, while a third facility in Bahrain was damaged by a drone strike "in close proximity,"
Also to add context: AWS has contracts with the US military: "The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract enables AWS to continue providing Department of Defense (DoD) customers with secure, reliable, and mission-critical cloud services." https://aws.amazon.com/federal/defense/jwcc/ Making them a target for retaliation ofc.
Re: AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
#3More recent news: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-data-centers-middle-e... > Two facilities in the United Arab Emirates sustained direct hits, while a third facility in Bahrain was damaged by a drone strike "in close proximity," Also to add context: AWS has contracts with the US military: "The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract enables AWS to continue providing Department of Defense (DoD) custo…
Amazon is an extremely visible American company, hitting their assets carries a symbolic meaning even if the DoD wouldn't have anything running on that datacentre at all. Iran's trying to transmit a message of "we can destroy your stuff too", trying to impact the general US feeling of invulnerability.
I don't think it'll work, but they might as well try I guess.
Re: AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
#4More recent news: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-data-centers-middle-e... > Two facilities in the United Arab Emirates sustained direct hits, while a third facility in Bahrain was damaged by a drone strike "in close proximity," Also to add context: AWS has contracts with the US military: "The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract enables AWS to continue providing Department of Defense (DoD) custo…
Amazon is an extremely visible American company, hitting their assets carries a symbolic meaning even if the DoD wouldn't have anything running on that datacentre at all. Iran's trying to transmit a message of "we can destroy your stuff too", trying to impact the general US feeling of invulnerability. I don't think it'll work, but they might as well try I guess.
> trying to impact the general US feeling of invulnerability
Or, perhaps, trying to defend themselves? They are being attacked, after all.
Re: AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
#5More recent news: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-data-centers-middle-e... > Two facilities in the United Arab Emirates sustained direct hits, while a third facility in Bahrain was damaged by a drone strike "in close proximity," Also to add context: AWS has contracts with the US military: "The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract enables AWS to continue providing Department of Defense (DoD) custo…
us govt and big business have always worked hand in hand, they compliment each other.
Re: AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
#6More recent news: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-data-centers-middle-e... > Two facilities in the United Arab Emirates sustained direct hits, while a third facility in Bahrain was damaged by a drone strike "in close proximity," Also to add context: AWS has contracts with the US military: "The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract enables AWS to continue providing Department of Defense (DoD) custo…
Amazon is an extremely visible American company, hitting their assets carries a symbolic meaning even if the DoD wouldn't have anything running on that datacentre at all. Iran's trying to transmit a message of "we can destroy your stuff too", trying to impact the general US feeling of invulnerability. I don't think it'll work, but they might as well try I guess.
> I don't think it'll work, but they might as well try I guess.
Consider this from the eyes of the people living there. Your world is peaceful one day and burning tomorrow. It doesn't have to be "burning like hell", but something came from the sky, entered your building, exploded and damaged some stuff to the extent that fire-supression triggered and damaged more things.
Even if it's not a trauma, it's a shock. Something you'll be remembering for a long time. We live in fragile bubbles, but don't know it until we experience it pop. While this might not make them "win" the war, it'll leave a mark and make the affected persons' ears perch up to understand what's happening better.
Please note, I'm not from either side. I'm a close observer because of where I live, and still believe that this should have not happened.
Re: AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Amazon is an extremely visible American company, hitting their assets carries a symbolic meaning even if the DoD wouldn't have anything running on that datacentre at all. Iran's trying to transmit a message of "we can destroy your stuff too", trying to impact the general US feeling of invulnerability. I don't think it'll work, but they might as well try I guess.
> trying to impact the general US feeling of invulnerability Or, perhaps, trying to defend themselves? They are being attacked, after all.
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Re: AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Amazon is an extremely visible American company, hitting their assets carries a symbolic meaning even if the DoD wouldn't have anything running on that datacentre at all. Iran's trying to transmit a message of "we can destroy your stuff too", trying to impact the general US feeling of invulnerability. I don't think it'll work, but they might as well try I guess.
> trying to impact the general US feeling of invulnerability Or, perhaps, trying to defend themselves? They are being attacked, after all.
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Re: AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Amazon is an extremely visible American company, hitting their assets carries a symbolic meaning even if the DoD wouldn't have anything running on that datacentre at all. Iran's trying to transmit a message of "we can destroy your stuff too", trying to impact the general US feeling of invulnerability. I don't think it'll work, but they might as well try I guess.
> trying to impact the general US feeling of invulnerability Or, perhaps, trying to defend themselves? They are being attacked, after all.
It's both, this particular counter-attack is aimed at morale rather than specifically a base launching sorties against them.
Ultimately, this war ends when America loses the political will to continue, so morale is a strategic objective for them.
Re: AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
#10Any chance this is causing the claude issues directly/indirectly?