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Google Cloud error erases $135B pension fund

28 points by rurp 2y ago

tithe 2y ago
> some of UniSuper's backups on Google Cloud's servers and elsewhere were salvageable, and the fund was able to recover its data, teaching us all a lesson about having multiple redundancies. > UniSuper had backups in place with an additional service provider. [0] What strikes me is that the backups didn't come from the provider who was directly responsible for losing the data. [0] https://www.unisuper.com.au/about-us/media-centre/2024/a-joint-statement-from-unisuper-and-google-cloud https://www.unisuper.com.au/about-us/media-centre/2024/a-joi...
- ars 2y ago
  Actually: "Data backups that were stored in Google Cloud Storage in the same region were not impacted by the deletion"
  - politelemon 2y ago
    UniSuper's report and gcp's differ in this regard.
gnabgib 2y ago
HN Disscusions [0](186 points, 23 days ago, 44 comments) [1] (128 points, 22 days ago, 32 comments) [2] (50 points, 20 days ago, 19 comments) [3](86 points, 18 days ago, 13 comments) [4] (117 points, 16 days ago, 42 comments) [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40304666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40304666 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40313171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40313171 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40327951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40327951 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40347118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40347118 [4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40366867 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40366867
countvonbalzac 2y ago
Why would anyone use Google cloud? No one ever got fired for using ~IBM~ AWS
- kernal 2y ago
  Because they don't give out customer data like AWS does? https://firewalltimes.com/amazon-web-services-data-breach-timeline/ https://firewalltimes.com/amazon-web-services-data-breach-ti...
  - ec109685 2y ago
    It seems like those breaches all revolve around misconfiguration. Aren’t all clouds vulnerable to issues like this?
    - kernal 2y ago
      I haven't seen the same volume of breaches from Google Cloud.
  - politelemon 2y ago
    Breaches are not the same as giving away.
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28 points by rurp 2y ago

> some of UniSuper's backups on Google Cloud's servers and elsewhere were salvageable, and the fund was able to recover its data, teaching us all a lesson about having multiple redundancies. > UniSuper had backups in place with an additional service provider. [0] What strikes me is that the backups didn't come from the provider who was directly responsible for losing the data. [0] https://www.unisuper.com.au/about-us/media-centre/2024/a-joint-statement-from-unisuper-and-google-cloud https://www.unisuper.com.au/about-us/media-centre/2024/a-joi...

ars 2y ago
Actually: "Data backups that were stored in Google Cloud Storage in the same region were not impacted by the deletion"
- politelemon 2y ago
  UniSuper's report and gcp's differ in this regard.

gnabgib 2y ago

HN Disscusions [0](186 points, 23 days ago, 44 comments) [1] (128 points, 22 days ago, 32 comments) [2] (50 points, 20 days ago, 19 comments) [3](86 points, 18 days ago, 13 comments) [4] (117 points, 16 days ago, 42 comments) [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40304666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40304666 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40313171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40313171 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40327951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40327951 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40347118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40347118 [4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40366867 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40366867

countvonbalzac 2y ago

Why would anyone use Google cloud? No one ever got fired for using ~IBM~ AWS

kernal 2y ago
Because they don't give out customer data like AWS does? https://firewalltimes.com/amazon-web-services-data-breach-timeline/ https://firewalltimes.com/amazon-web-services-data-breach-ti...
- ec109685 2y ago
  It seems like those breaches all revolve around misconfiguration. Aren’t all clouds vulnerable to issues like this?
  - kernal 2y ago
    I haven't seen the same volume of breaches from Google Cloud.
- politelemon 2y ago
  Breaches are not the same as giving away.

explain 2y ago

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