A month ago I asked this: "Can Amazon terminate an AWS account because you returned a shirt?" [1]
I didn't get any satisfactory answers, but this is exactly the kind of scenario I was afraid of.
A business that relies on AWS can be wiped out by an automated script in a different department. There is no mitigation since Amazon will also close "linked accounts", so having separate business and personal Amazon accounts isn't enough. It's super scary.
I tried tweeting @jeffbarr and posting in the AWS forums about these risks, but got no response from Amazon.
I didn't get any satisfactory answers, but this is exactly the kind of scenario I was afraid of.
A business that relies on AWS can be wiped out by an automated script in a different department. There is no mitigation since Amazon will also close "linked accounts", so having separate business and personal Amazon accounts isn't enough. It's super scary.
I tried tweeting @jeffbarr and posting in the AWS forums about these risks, but got no response from Amazon.
1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10248690