How do you fuck up this badly in 2023? I can see this happening in 1999.
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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Ransomware attacks aren't new. Although, I find it weird that a cloud host doesn't have backups.
CloudNordic said: “The attackers succeeded in encrypting all servers’ disks, as well as on the primary and secondary backup system, whereby all machines crashed and we lost access to all data
They did. They were affected too, if you read the article.
If your backups are online and not in a warehouse, you are doing it wrong. Even my own personal backups are on disconnected disks. What a bunch of amateurs.
If you don't know you are infected and you've been infected for a couple months, your backups are worthless.
That's why you do regular restore tests on separate systems. That should be standard procedure for any company. A fully encrypted disk should be noticable immediately.
Ouch, cannot imagine what everyone, who are involved in this, are thinking. Wonder how many customers they had and how many will go broke.
I might venture a guess how many customers they will have after this...
Hm, so I can't rely on the Hetzner backup and should backup manually to a hard drive at home at least every now and then.
The fire ovh had created this problem for many. Some people's backups were in that data centre and they lost everything.
Yes, home backup and or cloud backup with a separate provider.