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Re:Tell HN: I DDoSed myself using CloudFront and Lambda Edge... by bombcar on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:09PM (#31909540)
Because the downside for a company isn't "oh it was off overnight" it's "we finally hit it big and made zero sales because AWS shut us off".

Given how easily they reverse the bills, I suspect that they have a policy of doing it (perhaps a few times per account, something to prevent abuse) because they really don't want to trigger the above scenario.

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Re:Tell HN: I DDoSed myself using CloudFront and Lambda Edge... by heretogetout on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:20PM (#31909687)
Alternatively it's "we would have made a profit this month but a bug in this one service chewed through our budget in one hour". Sure, you might be able to get a refund, but that's no way to plan a business.
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