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AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

530 points · 452 comments · berkeleyjunk

  1. carefree-bob · · focus · HN ↗
    This is the flipside of data residency requirements that countries are now starting to require. If the EU wants to keep data in the EU, then great, but when the war comes and energy and infrastructure are hit, people would have wished for backups in North America, Asia, and the middle east.
    1. watwut · · focus · HN ↗
      War did not randomly came. America intentionally caused it.

      And has lawless goverment and unaccountable tech industry making it bad place for data.

      1. aprilthird2021 · · focus · HN ↗
        I wonder if Amazon can sue the US govt bc they basically caused this material loss to their business. I'm sure they cannot. Maybe a lawyer can explain why?
        1. nradov · · focus · HN ↗
          In US courts you can sue anyone for anything but you might not win. The US government has sovereign immunity from most civil liability. As for the legal system in Bahrain I have no idea but hypothetically even if Amazon could somehow win a judgment they wouldn't be able to collect.
          1. jeltz · · focus · HN ↗
            Why wouldn't they be able to collect? As long as Amazon does business in a country the legal system in that country can collect.
            1. mitxela · · focus · HN ↗
              How would the Bahrain legal system force the USA to pay reparations for the war it started? Seize all US assets, the way we did with Russia?
              1. jeltz · · focus · HN ↗
                I mean that is how it works in all legal systems. If you refuse to pay your assets will be seized. Which is why they would almost certainly not refuse.
                1. mitxela · · focus · HN ↗
                  What assets does the US have in Bahrain? Military bases? How do you seize a military base without getting blown up?

                  The US would obviously retaliate by seizing Bahrain's assets in the US, which probably includes 100% of Bahrain's money (small countries don't get to have independent financial systems).

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