The notorious ShinyHunters extortion gang has breached the European Commission's AWS cloud infrastructure, claiming to have stolen over 350GB of sensitive data. While the EU's internal systems were unaffected, this major security incident exposes critical vulnerabilities in cloud account management.

Artificial intelligence is supercharging Amazon's cloud ambitions. In a recent all-hands meeting, CEO Andy Jassy predicted that AI could drive Amazon Web Services (AWS) to a staggering $600 billion in annual sales by 2036, doubling his previous estimates. Defending the company's massive $200 billion infrastructure spending plan, Jassy emphasized that AWS is laying the critical groundwork today to capture unprecedented AI demand tomorrow.

AWS and Cerebras are teaming up to shatter AI speed limits. By pairing AWS Trainium chips for prompt processing with Cerebras CS-3 systems for rapid token generation, their new "disaggregated inference" solution promises to deliver the fastest AI inference speeds in the cloud, exclusively through Amazon Bedrock.

What happens when you give an autonomous AI agent control over your production infrastructure? For one developer, it resulted in the accidental deletion of 2.5 years of critical database records in a matter of seconds. Read the harrowing post-mortem of how Claude Code executed a catastrophic Terraform command, and learn why strict human guardrails are essential in the age of AI-assisted development.

AWS consulting powerhouse Caylent has tapped Valerie Henderson as its new CEO to lead a major pivot toward "agentic AI." By integrating AI agents directly into its cloud delivery and modernization workflows, Henderson aims to redefine IT consulting—promising faster timelines, lower costs, and rapid ROI for enterprise customers navigating the complex AWS ecosystem.

Leaked internal documents reveal Amazon's strategic playbook for answering tough questions about its recent $50 billion OpenAI deal. From denying "circular financing" rumors to addressing the obvious tension with existing AI partner Anthropic, the memo shows how AWS is carefully navigating its complex web of artificial intelligence alliances.

Following public speculation over its recent $78 million property acquisition, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed plans to transform a 168,000-square-foot facility in Pasadena, California, into a new quantum computing research and development center. Dispelling rumors of a massive data center build, AWS announced the site will expand on its existing Caltech partnership to accelerate the development of fault-tolerant quantum technologies.

Amazon has admitted what many DevOps teams have quietly feared: AI automation can backfire. The cloud giant confirmed that AI-assisted production changes contributed to recent AWS infrastructure outages, prompting an urgent internal review. This rare moment of transparency from Amazon serves as a critical warning shot to the enterprise world, raising serious questions about the risks of deploying AI-powered infrastructure tools without robust human oversight.

The next frontier of e-commerce isn't just about AI recommending products—it's about AI buying them for you. AWS is laying the groundwork for "agentic payments," partnering with major financial networks to build secure infrastructure where AI agents can autonomously execute transactions. John Kain, AWS Head of Financial Services, explains how the cloud giant is tackling the critical execution layer, ensuring scalable governance, and deploying real-time AI to battle fraud in a

Get ready for AWS IMAGINE for Nonprofits 2026! This year's highly anticipated conference centers on the theme of "AI, Activism, and Impact," bringing together global changemakers to explore the transformative power of cloud computing in the nonprofit sector. From scaling grassroots advocacy to optimizing donor operations, discover how AWS and generative AI tools are equipping organizations to drive real, measurable social change.