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27. I'm an SQL Developer with some DBA-like responsibilities ... much less since the shop went to AWS

Wed May 12, 2021, 07:31 PM

May 2021

and we have an Ops guy that handles a lot of the DBA stuff.

Just saying Hi

Also, replication doesn't help if someone f***s up your data ... you just have copies of wrong stuff

Backups though ... helps for sure. But the data they've encrypted was likely regular files as opposed to db data tables, right?

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Colonial Pipeline said to have no plan pay hackers ransom [View all] BumRushDaShow May 2021 OP

Yeah, they need to - OhZone May 2021 #1

And disconnected, offsite ones for something as critical to the infrastructure of a huge part of the Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #3

Here on the east coast, all the gas stations are out of gas. We cancelled our trip to see our BComplex May 2021 #9

Just a matter of time til the reports of car fires, house fires, and horrible burns pour in Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #12

True that! BComplex May 2021 #13

Amen! It galls me to no end how lax this company (and likely others) are with regard to security. n/ iluvtennis May 2021 #23

Replicate to remote system lilymidnite May 2021 #15

Exactly! OhZone May 2021 #18

True about mainframes jmowreader May 2021 #32

It is a cheap and reliable system Miguelito Loveless May 2021 #20

I'm an SQL Developer with some DBA-like responsibilities ... much less since the shop went to AWS Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #27

This stinks to high Heaven. ZZenith May 2021 #2

Yeah, their IT staff either freaking sucks to a level that beggars belief ... Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #4

Mind you, I'm not saying that a Koch-owned oil company is incapable of hiring a substandard ZZenith May 2021 #8

I'm onboard with your thesis ZZ my man (nt) Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #10

The problem is that Miguelito Loveless May 2021 #21

"I drive an EV and am not the least bit inconvenienced by this." mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 #22

My point wasn't that I was unconcerned about this Miguelito Loveless May 2021 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 #25

It could be poor management too GregariousGroundhog May 2021 #14

Fair point! (nt) Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #16

Very true. Worked for a major tv affiliate where the engineers miyazaki May 2021 #46

Ha! Traced it to a server... at trump tower perhaps? soothsayer May 2021 #5

I hope they can do this and quickly. Paying these cretins is hurting us all. hlthe2b May 2021 #6

This is why you don't privatize critical systems. CrispyQ May 2021 #7

Do you really believe the government ... reACTIONary May 2021 #30

Ransom hacking common? spike jones May 2021 #11

I was a mainframe operator in South Florida. marie999 May 2021 #17

I hear you Marie Skittles May 2021 #29

Apparently, these people never watched Battlestar Galactica. Dave Starsky May 2021 #19

So say we all rictofen May 2021 #26

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Well, duh dot com (if you'll pardon the expression) Rocknation May 2021 #31

My carpool friend who I just spoke with - OhZone May 2021 #33

In most cases it's something the end user downloaded. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 #35

I'm under the impression - OhZone May 2021 #39

Colonial Pipeline paid hackers nearly $5 million in ransom, sources say Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 #34

!!!! BumRushDaShow May 2021 #37

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Ha! Get outta here with your - OhZone May 2021 #42

Youse guys are gonna have to deal wit BumRushDaShow May 2021 #43

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.... BumRushDaShow May 2021 #45

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You got that right - OhZone May 2021 #51

And according to two OTHER sources Rocknation May 2021 #36

Yup BumRushDaShow May 2021 #38