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minus-squareZikejilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·20 days ago The company said its IT complied with industry standards and it had taken out insurance against cyber-attack. Backups and the 3-2-1 strategy have been industry standard for decades. What a load of crap.
minus-squareSenseless@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·20 days agoPlot twist: they operated by the 3-2-1 strategy but never tested if their backups could also be recovered.
minus-squareZanathos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 days agoAnd none of the backups were immutable.
minus-squarecronenthal@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·20 days agoWelp, the insurance apparently didn’t do much to save them, either.
Backups and the 3-2-1 strategy have been industry standard for decades. What a load of crap.
Plot twist: they operated by the 3-2-1 strategy but never tested if their backups could also be recovered.
And none of the backups were immutable.
Welp, the insurance apparently didn’t do much to save them, either.