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minus-squarecronenthal@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up34·5 months agoNever in the article is the novel idea of “backups” ever mentioned. If you treat your IT as an afterthought, your company will run into trouble eventually.
minus-squareZikeji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·5 months 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-up8·5 months agoPlot twist: they operated by the 3-2-1 strategy but never tested if their backups could also be recovered.
minus-squareZanathos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoAnd none of the backups were immutable.
minus-squarecronenthal@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoWelp, the insurance apparently didn’t do much to save them, either.
Never in the article is the novel idea of “backups” ever mentioned. If you treat your IT as an afterthought, your company will run into trouble eventually.
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.