IRAN CLAIMS MISSILE STRIKE ON AMAZON DATA CENTER
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it destroyed Amazon's central data infrastructure in Bahrain using cruise missiles. Amazon has not commented on the alleged attack.
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