Amazon Cloud Services in Center East Knocked Out by Obvious Iranian Drone Strikes

According to Amazon, drone strikes within the Center East have focused net infrastructure “instantly,” leading to a number of information facilities being taken offline. 

Yesterday there was a report of “sparks and a hearth” at an Amazon cloud facility within the United Arab Emirates, and a brief, deliberate shutdown. Reuters asked Amazon yesterday for affirmation that Iranian strikes had prompted the issue, however Amazon “didn’t affirm or deny.” 

Amazon’s Health Dashboard now has an update, and the problem is extra critical than had been beforehand reported, spanning three amenities in two international locations. Along with two direct impacts within the UAE, a Bahrain facility was broken not directly attributable to a close-by explosion. Iran will not be named, however drone strikes from some supply or one other have resulted in structural injury, blackouts, and fires that triggered water-based fireplace suppression techniques—leading to water injury. 

“As well as, we will affirm that the AWS Administration Console and command line interface (CLI) are disrupted by the failure of two Availability Zones,” the assertion says.

Inside Iran, web connectivity has been almost entirely cut off since the start of the U.S.-Israeli military campaign on February 28, an info blackout specialists blame on the Iranian regime itself.

As was the case with final month’s web shutdown in Iran, a small quantity of visitors continues to make its method into the nation.

The nation’s recently-developed system of whitelisting permits exceptions to web blocks for folks loyal to the govt.. pic.twitter.com/gxbsJM1sRz

— Doug Madory (additionally on Bluesky) (@DougMadory) February 28, 2026

Nonetheless, there may be additionally reportedly an lively cyber-offensive targeting Iran. Attackers seem to have overridden Iranian information web sites, as an illustration, including messages urging Iranians to take up arms in opposition to the ruling regime. 

The Well being Dashboard merchandise for the Amazon difficulty lists the severity of the issue as “Disrupted” within the UAE and “Impacted” in Bahrain, and says the scenario for its operations within the area is “unpredictable.” It accommodates recommendations for purchasers together with backing up information, migrating information out of the Center East fully, and rolling out any “catastrophe restoration plans” prospects may have already got in place.