Yes :)

But really depends. I saw somewhere NPR lost 70 years of content doe to a Cloud bill not being paid on time or something ? I forgot the details.

I am sure there will be more of this since companies are depending on the Cloud for their data storage. Now with AI, who knows what will happen. I expect Cloud Admin people will eventually be replaced by some AI type system.

Companies really should backup all data and send off-site. But that will never happen because god-forbid, they will need to hire a real person.

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mentalfist 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Nine PBS (PBS member station) lost 50tb/70 years of archives due to cloud provider ending operations abruptly

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WalterGR 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For more info:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285418 - "Nine PBS sues Iron Mountain over blocked access to archival data" - 229 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333344 - "Judge sets framework for Nine PBS to retrieve archival data" - 75 comments

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KetoManx64 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They lost data because of their incompetence and not actually having any backups.

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rbanffy 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Their cloud provider was in charge of backups.

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		You can try to offload responsibility from them, but every IT and DevOps person that has an inkling of competence knows you don't store your backups in the same place as your prod data.

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ButlerianJihad 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

False: they did not lose the data; they temporarily lost access to it, because of Iron Mountain's security policies. They are, necessarily, pursuing remedies in court. They can and will regain access.

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