A drone attack targeting cloud infrastructure in Bahrain disrupted Amazon Web Services (AWS), causing a significant outage for Pakistani fintech company SadaPay. On March 27, SadaPay announced that its services had been fully restored following several days of disruption.
In a communication to its users, SadaPay confirmed that its app was once again fully operational, with features such as transfers, bill payments, and card services reinstated. The company reassured customers that their funds remained secure and fully accounted for throughout the outage.
The incident was part of a wider regional problem affecting AWS infrastructure in Bahrain, which impacted multiple financial service platforms. To address the issue, SadaPay migrated its systems from AWS Bahrain to European servers, a strategic move that helped stabilise operations and enabled the full restoration of its services.
This development follows an earlier announcement on March 24, when SadaPay reported that its app had become completely inaccessible after a drone strike hit the AWS facility in Bahrain. This was the second such attack on the site since March 1. Despite the app outage, debit card transactions, ATM withdrawals, and point-of-sale payments continued to function normally.
While the disruption was not exclusive to SadaPay, the company took responsibility for resolving the issue for its users and expressed regret for the inconvenience caused. It also emphasized that enhancing system reliability remains a key focus to prevent similar outages in the future.
SadaPay is a Pakistan-based fintech firm offering app-based banking and payment services, operating within the country’s growing but still developing digital finance sector. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Islamabad by Brandon Timinsky, the company is licensed as an Electronic Money Institution regulated by the State Bank of Pakistan.
