Amazon Says Drone Strikes Disrupted Middle East Data Centers

Iranian Cyberespionage Group MuddyWater Goes Dark Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 3, 2026

Physical effects rather than cyber strikes are triggering Middle Eastern connectivity problems during day four of a sustained U.S. and Israeli bombing campaign against Iran.

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Data center giant Amazon on Tuesday reported drone attacks affecting multiple regional Amazon Web Services facilities, causing it to recommend that "customers with workloads running in the Middle East take action now to migrate those workloads to alternate AWS Regions."

American and Israeli forces continue to bomb multiple targets across Iran, which is responding with a high volume of drone and missile ...