AWS’s $95,000 Bombshell: The Unfiltered Truth Behind AWS CloudTrail Chaos

Buckle up for a jaw-dropping ride into the financial pitfalls of AWS, where routine setups lead to wallet-wrenching surprises!

Usman Aslam
3 min readMay 30, 2024
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Hey, cloud aficionados!

Hold onto your virtual hats because I’ve got a tale that’ll make you rethink those routine CloudTrail configurations on AWS.

Picture this: a Solutions Architect, a buddy of mine, embarks on what seems like a run-of-the-mill task — setting up CloudTrail logs for a major enterprise.

But, oh boy, what unfolds is a financial rollercoaster that even the most seasoned cloud enthusiasts would find shocking. Brace yourselves as I unravel the captivating saga of AWS’s $95,000 bombshell.

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Let’s jump right into my friend’s story who misconfigured CloudTrail and his customer incurred $95,000 as a result of that misconfiguration.

A routine CloudTrail setup…

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Usman Aslam

Ex-Amazonian, Sr. Solutions Architect at AWS, 12x AWS Certified. ❤️ Tech, Cloud, Programming, Data Science, AI/ML, Software Development, and DevOps. Join me 🤝