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A major mistake in setup caused Google Cloud and UniSuper to delete the financial service provider’s private cloud account.
This event has caused a lot of worry about the security and dependability of cloud services, especially for big financial companies.
The outage started in the blue, and UniSuper’s 620,000 members had no idea what was going on with their retirement funds.
Services didn’t start up again until Thursday, and the fund promised its members that investment account amounts would be updated as soon as possible, even though they were still showing numbers from the previous week.
One thing that did help UniSuper get services back up and running was using backups from another service provider.
cybersecuritynews.com
Always make more than 1 backups in various places, even outside of the active cloud infrastructure service you are using.
This event has caused a lot of worry about the security and dependability of cloud services, especially for big financial companies.
The outage started in the blue, and UniSuper’s 620,000 members had no idea what was going on with their retirement funds.
Services didn’t start up again until Thursday, and the fund promised its members that investment account amounts would be updated as soon as possible, even though they were still showing numbers from the previous week.
One thing that did help UniSuper get services back up and running was using backups from another service provider.
Google Cloud Accidentally Deletes $125 Billion Pension Fund’s Online Account
A major mistake in setup caused Google Cloud and UniSuper to delete the financial service provider's private cloud account.
cybersecuritynews.com
Always make more than 1 backups in various places, even outside of the active cloud infrastructure service you are using.
