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Iranian Drone Strikes Target AWS Data Centers in UAE and Bahrain

Iranian Drone Strikes Target AWS Data Centers in UAE and Bahrain

First seen 27 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC •
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ThreatCluster •October 28, 2026 at 15:09 UTC
  • •Iranian drone strikes hit three AWS data centers, marking a military attack on cloud infrastructure.
  • •Two data centers in the UAE were directly struck, causing outages in critical AWS services.
  • •AWS has advised customers to activate disaster recovery plans and migrate workloads.

On October 27, 2026, Iranian drone strikes damaged three Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, causing significant outages in the ME-CENTRAL-1 region. Two data centers in the UAE were directly hit, while a third in Bahrain was affected by a nearby explosion. The attacks disrupted core AWS services, including EC2, S3, and RDS, and left two of the region's three availability zones offline. AWS has advised customers to activate disaster recovery plans and migrate workloads to unaffected regions. The company is working with local authorities to ensure personnel safety and expedite recovery efforts. Recovery is expected to be prolonged due to the extent of the physical damage.

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2026-10-27
Drone strikes confirmed on AWS data centers
Iranian drone strikes damaged two AWS data centers in the UAE and one in Bahrain, causing significant service outages.
Yahoo
2026-10-27
AWS issues outage advisory
AWS reported outages affecting core services in the ME-CENTRAL-1 region due to the drone strikes, advising customers to activate disaster recovery plans.
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Common questions

Which AWS services are affected?
Core services including Amazon EC2, S3, DynamoDB, and RDS are experiencing outages.
What should AWS customers do?
Customers are advised to activate disaster recovery plans and consider migrating workloads to unaffected regions.
How long will recovery take?
AWS expects recovery to be prolonged due to the extent of the physical damage from the drone strikes.