HEISENBERG@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoRansomware infection wipes all CloudNordic serverswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1134
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minus-squarejoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoI’m not a cybersecurity expert. Did they make a foolish decision that would warrant a lack of trust, or were they just unlucky?
minus-squareHEISENBERG@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-21 year agoThey were moving the servers to another location and connected them all seemingly without any kind of firewall between them. Some servers were infected with malware which then spread out and infected the other ones, including the backup-servers.
minus-squarejoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoYeah I read that but I don’t have the knowledge to say “what a rookie mistake” or “in hindsight that was a bad idea”. I take it, it’s the former?
minus-squareKerrigor@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 year agoNo, it’s firmly into “utter incompetence” and “Jesus Christ these people are ignoring basic practices”
I’m not a cybersecurity expert. Did they make a foolish decision that would warrant a lack of trust, or were they just unlucky?
They were moving the servers to another location and connected them all seemingly without any kind of firewall between them. Some servers were infected with malware which then spread out and infected the other ones, including the backup-servers.
Yeah I read that but I don’t have the knowledge to say “what a rookie mistake” or “in hindsight that was a bad idea”. I take it, it’s the former?
No, it’s firmly into “utter incompetence” and “Jesus Christ these people are ignoring basic practices”
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