Night 4 of #13NightsOfTechTerror ☁️ A small start-up refused to pay a ransom - and watched its entire cloud vanish into thin air. “This tale reminds us: always back up your back-ups 🔁

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Night 4 of #13NightsOfTechTerror ☁️ A small start-up refused to pay a ransom - and watched its entire cloud vanish into thin air. “This tale reminds us: always back up your back-ups 🔁

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858TB of Government Data May Be Lost For Good After South Korea Data Center Fire - Slashdot South Korea's government may have permanently lost 858TB of information after a fire at a data center in Daejeon. From a report: As reported by DCD, a battery fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) data center, located in the city of Daejeon, on September 26, has caused havoc for ...

🇰🇷🔥 Lost data! 858TB of S. Korea’s G-Drive vanished in flames. 😱 A digital ghost? #datadisaster

Source: hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/08/155239/85...

🔥 Fire wipes out South Korea’s government cloud storage—750,000 civil servants’ files lost with no backups.
Restoration could take weeks.

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-10...

#DataDisaster #CloudSecurity

“Completely unqualified”: Economists stunned at Trump's "terrible" BLS pick “This record would be insufficient to earn a job as a junior staffer at BLS,” says economist Justin Wolfers.

🚨 Trump fires BLS chief over “rigged” jobs report, then picks E.J. Antoni — zero data experience — to “fix” the stats. Qualified experts? Need not apply. Next up: Rick Perry running Energy, Betsy DeVos running schools. Oh wait… 🎢 #FakeFacts #DataDisaster #EconomyTheater

HOLY SHIT. lol 😂 AI on Replit erased Jason Lemkin’s database, admitting panic and ignoring “no changes” rule. #AICoding #TechFail Lost 1,206 execs’ data; Replit offers refund, fix. #DataDisaster #TechNews

Top Links 775 America's data disaster is here. Bimodal oil prices. Defending Angela Merkel and what is wrong with Ford engines. Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze

“America’s #datadisaster is definitely here. This week, the #BureauofLaborStatistics, which is responsible for gathering and publishing America’s most important #economic numbers … said it was “reducing sample in areas across the country” adamtooze.substack.com/p/top-links-...