[LINK] SMH: '4800 Aussie sites evaporate after hack'

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 09:59 +1000, Roger Clarke wrote:
> "I think I'm in shock ... I have lost everything .... I couldnt 
> possibly replicate all those years of work again ... my whole lifes 
> work is gone down the drain," wrote one.

If you put your only copy of your life's work in the hands of a third
party then whose fault is it, really, if that life's work is lost? If
that work had such extreme value, then the person involved should have
taken a great deal more care of it.

This is digital stuff, not buildings or paintings. It would not have
been difficult or expensive to put the whole thing on a disk or three in
different locations, or to have inactive backup copies on other hosting
sites. And even if it was difficult or expensive, it's all relative -
for a life's work, what's "difficult", what's "expensive"?

This is a classic case of people finding out the hard way about the need
for backups. And usually after ignoring good advice.

As for Distribute IT - I am flabbergasted that they had no secured (as
in OFF line, OFF site) backup.

Regards, K.

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