[cmckn]

> accidentally wiped everything immediately

There is no “wipe everything immediately” button.

[anonymars]

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?

[akerl_]

"did you read the article" is the canonical example of what not to put in comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[CRConrad]

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.