Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia \u2013 Banking and digital payments services in\nthe United Arab Emirates (UAE) were briefly disrupted after Amazon Web\nServices\u2019 (AWS) data centres were targeted by a drone attack. The\nincident occurred amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
AWS stated on Monday night, 2 March 2026, that two of its data\ncentres in the UAE and one facility in Bahrain were damaged by the\nattack, rendering them temporarily inaccessible.<\/p>\n
The disruption affected a broad range of consumer apps, financial\nservices, and enterprise systems.<\/p>\n
Transport and delivery platform Careem, payments providers Alaan and\nHubpay reported outages due to AWS infrastructure issues. Several major\nbanks were affected, including Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) and\nEmirates NBD.<\/p>\n
\u2018Due to IT disruptions across the region recently, ADCB Mobile\nBanking app and Contact Centre services were temporarily unavailable,\u2019\nADCB said in a statement on Monday, as quoted by CNBC International.<\/p>\n
Emirates NBD also confirmed that its telephone banking services were\ntemporarily affected, though they were back online by Tuesday local\ntime.<\/p>\n
Global technology company Snowflake also noted higher rates of\nconnectivity errors in the region.<\/p>\n
Alaan had said that its mobile and web apps were offline due to a\n\u2018critical AWS disruption caused by the ongoing regional situation,\u2019\nthough the post was deleted a few hours later.<\/p>\n
Sarwa\u2019s investment app reported that its core services were back\nonline on Tuesday, while Hubpay warned customers of potential login\nissues during the outage. Careem, by contrast, said its services had\nfully recovered.<\/p>\n
AWS said recovery efforts were still under way. The company also\nurged customers with workloads in the Middle East to move their systems\nto an alternative AWS region.<\/p>\n
\u2018We are making progress in recovery across a range of workloads,\u2019 AWS\nsaid in an update on the AWS Health dashboard on Tuesday morning US\ntime.<\/p>\n
The drone attack occurred on Sunday and caused physical damage to AWS\ninfrastructure. The company said the attack triggered \u2018sparks and fire\u2019\nat one of its facilities.<\/p>\n
In the UAE, two of our facilities were directly affected, while in\nBahrain the drone attack near one of our facilities caused physical\ndamage to infrastructure, AWS added.<\/p>\n
AWS noted that the attack caused structural damage, disrupted power\nsupplies, and in some cases required fire suppression that led to\nadditional water damage.<\/p>\n
Regional tensions had escalated after the United States and Israel\nlaunched a joint strike on Iran, which killed the Supreme Leader,\nAyatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran then retaliated with attacks on various\nstrategic targets in the region, including military bases and critical\ninfrastructure such as data centres and oil and gas facilities.<\/p>\n
The conflict\u2019s impact also rattled global markets. Iran\u2019s closure of\nthe Hormuz Strait triggered a spike in oil prices and pressure in global\nfinancial markets, with stock exchanges in the United States, Europe,\nand Asia all retreating amid growing concerns about global energy supply\ndisruptions.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/drone-attack-hits-aws-data-centres-uae-apps-and-banks-disrupted-1772590444", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }