Online Backup Company Carbonite Loses Customers Data, Blames And Sues Suppliers (Updated)

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http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/23/online-backup-company-carbonite-loses-customers-data-blames-and-sues-suppliers/

Online Backup Company Carbonite Loses Customers Data, Blames And Sues Suppliers (Updated)
by Robin Wauters on March 23, 2009

The danger of storing your data in the cloud, part n. VC-backed online 
backup and storage provider Carbonite has lost data of 7,500+ customers 
who relied on the company to keep their files safe, The Boston Globe 
unveiled over the weekend.

(note: see updates below, at this point we cant be sure anymore if any 
data was actually lost or not)

The newspaper gets the information from a lawsuit that was filed by the 
Boston company last week, alleging that two of its service providers sold 
it over $3 million worth of defective hardware, linking this to the loss 
of their customers data and as a result, bringing substantial damage to 
its business and reputation.

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