HEISENBERG@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoRansomware infection wipes all CloudNordic serverswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down11
arrow-up1137arrow-down1external-linkRansomware infection wipes all CloudNordic serverswww.theregister.comHEISENBERG@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarejoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 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-up28·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-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoIn order for a ransomware attack to do this level of damage there are several layers of problems They were not properly prepared to prevent the ransomware attack They lacked either the experience or expertise to mitigate it and contain it once the attack started They don’t have an existing backup of any of the data lost
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.
In order for a ransomware attack to do this level of damage there are several layers of problems