AWS's sudden removal of a 10-year account and all of its data: lessons learned (suramya.com)

If you're interested in the post from the account owner rather than this short blog post.

- https://www.seuros.com/blog/aws-deleted-my-10-year-account-w...

The post is a bit disingenuous. The source says that there was some validation request pending, so something was going on.

Doesn't make it less bad but it's not like AWS just deleted an account out of nowhere. The implications of a slow response might not have been clear to the owner and that is on AWS

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Go to the actual source and you will see he posted an update and new article.

He ended up getting his account and data back.

AWS Restored My Account: The Human Who Made the Difference - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44825660 - Aug 2025 (58 comments)

AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44770250 - Aug 2025 (152 comments)

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