grte to British Columbia · 11 months agoTheft of Vancouver rape crisis centre server containing sensitive data raises privacy concernswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkTheft of Vancouver rape crisis centre server containing sensitive data raises privacy concernswww.cbc.cagrte to British Columbia · 11 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarecorsicanguppylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoNot storing their backups onsite was only one of many best-practice rules they’d been breaking, I’m sure. I only hope the cloud cult will not use this to push an expensive public-cloud agenda when merely an offsite backup would do. … and probably many more compliance issues, I’d expect, but it’s a start.
minus-squareAlternateRoutelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoThe data at rest was not encrypted from the sound of it. so anyone can just go poking through that hard drive if they want. Lost’s of small offices have PILES of unencrypted client data sitting on a old server sitting in the corner by the copier.
Not storing their backups onsite was only one of many best-practice rules they’d been breaking, I’m sure.
I only hope the cloud cult will not use this to push an expensive public-cloud agenda when merely an offsite backup would do.
… and probably many more compliance issues, I’d expect, but it’s a start.
The data at rest was not encrypted from the sound of it. so anyone can just go poking through that hard drive if they want.
Lost’s of small offices have PILES of unencrypted client data sitting on a old server sitting in the corner by the copier.