Iran launches attack against Amazon cloud data center in Bahrain
MyNorthwest.com • • business
Key Points:
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a second attack in two days on an Amazon cloud computing center in Bahrain, causing a fire that civil defense teams are extinguishing, with no reported casualties or damage details yet.
- Earlier this week, the IRGC warned employees at 18 major American companies, including Microsoft and Boeing, to evacuate their Middle East workplaces, threatening to destroy American companies in retaliation for assassinations.
- The IRGC has targeted major U.S. tech and industrial firms such as Apple, Google, Nvidia, Cisco, and others, accusing them of enabling U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran, with previous drone strikes having damaged Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE and Bahrain.
- These attacks and threats are escalating tensions in the region, impacting global supply chains and contributing to historic fuel price increases amid ongoing geopolitical conflict.
