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What’s your threat model?

Is there anyone out there with $$$$ who will stop at nothing to part you, a rando, from your old data? Probably not. Are there sophisticated attackers who will burn a couple 0-days to build a botnet for the sole purpose of randsoming NASes AND attached cloud accounts AND the origin systems, accounting for tons of possible configurations? Still pretty unlikely — this is NotPetya level stuff with small payoff.

If you find yourself in the crosshairs of a sophisticated, dedicated attacker (perhaps one in possession of a 0-day), you’re pretty much done. Offline write-only backups stored offsite are the only defense.

However, is there a bug lurking in Hyper-backup that might accidentally wipe stuff from Azure storage, and the bug hits a month before your house gets struck by lightning? Maybe…



> However, is there a bug lurking in Hyper-backup that might accidentally wipe stuff from Azure storage, and the bug hits a month before your house gets struck by lightning? Maybe…

Brb calling my psychiatrist for more xanax




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