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Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by cmckn on Saturday August 02, 2025 @06:35PM (#44772243)
> accidentally wiped everything immediately

There is no “wipe everything immediately” button.

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Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by anonymars on Saturday August 02, 2025 @06:53PM (#44772379)
Did you read the article?

> According to them, AWS MENA was running some kind of proof of concept on “dormant” and “low-activity” accounts. Multiple accounts were affected, not just mine.

If AWS has a 90-day closure policy, why was this account deleted so quickly?

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Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by akerl_ on Saturday August 02, 2025 @08:03PM (#44772863)
"did you read the article" is the canonical example of what not to put in comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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Re:AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning by CRConrad on Saturday August 09, 2025 @09:20AM (#44846253)
Sure. But so is posting comments that clearly show one didn't read the article.

Or at least, if it isn't, it certainly should be.

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