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

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

Following a link in in the article [1] revealed another interesting incident:

    Blogging platform JournalSpace (which I’d never heard of to date)
    has ceased to be, following a wipe-out of the main database for
    which there was no back-up in place. According to the
    JournalSpace blog, the database was overwritten as a result of a
    malicious act from a disgruntled ex-employee. [2]

It makes me wonder what other acts the disgruntled employee may have
performed, such as grabbing the customer database...

[1] Online Backup Company Carbonite Loses Customers’ Data, Blames And
Sues Suppliers (Updated)
[2] http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/03/journalspace-drama-all-data-lost-without-backup-company-deadpooled/

On 4/22/09, security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org> wrote:
>  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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