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Practical writing about backup, ransomware and getting data back — from the people who do it.
The .bak file on the same server: what it really protects you from
Scheduled SQL Server backups written to the D: drive of the same machine are extremely common in Pakistani offices. They cover one failure,…
Read the postHow ransomware finds your backups before it encrypts you
Modern attacks go looking for the backup first, because a business that can restore does not pay. Here is the order it happens in, and…
Read the postYour external drive is not a backup
It is a second copy in the same room. Fire, theft, power surges and ransomware do not respect the difference — but they will teach it to…
Read the postRather ask than read?
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