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The first level of data security is to secure your information on hard drives, or other media that are not connected to the Internet, and certainly not to quote the cloud“. This is a fundamental failure of both Kevin McKernan and Steve

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Absolutely - and access said data on a device entirely air-gapped from the net, then export data to usb/ hard drive for dissemination on the web etc.

People still don't seem to understand that 'saving to the Cloud' is literally just using someone else's computer storage system (and all the admin privileges that go with it).

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Indeed it is!!!

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That's a big call schooling someone who probably has more ICT knowledge in their little finger than you will ever have. Just because Steve posted a copy of the data to network based storage to make it available does not imply that he did not have backups, which as he stated he was able to recover quite quickly demonstrated he did. As noted by @Hillary Butler.

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But did McKernan ??.

So the comment is still valid as a warning for anyone that uses Cloud storage.

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It’s not “ … a big call schooling …“ at all. It’s a basic fact.

Other than that, what the hell do you know about me?

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Oh right, a "basic" fact, you forgot the bit where the article stated only a copy of the data was uploaded. That tells me all I need to know. Nothing else worth knowing really.

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Hey kid, and you are a kid, my post is exactly correct and spot on. I recommend that you read it again and this time try to comprehend it. In the meantime, tuck your tail between your legs and run along.

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Hahahaha, I love it, your overinflated ego takes control and you make stupid assumptions again. I read your post, it is arrogant and presumptuous, let alone technically sound. This comment just backs up what I stated previously. My fifteen years in network engineering, five of those as an instructor and ten more delivering technical solutions globally put me in a position to point out your short comings.. To sit there and say, "What I said is fact, its the basics" I never disagreed with the statement backing up somewhere is basic. How it was stated is that overinflated sense of technical superiority you think you have is something else. My tail will never be tucked between my legs when dealing with anyone like yourself.. I suggest you re read Steve's article and pay more attention to the detail before you presume to school anyone on "basics".

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Get a grip on reality kid. In the meantime, run along now.

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You still here mate, LOL.

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Get a grip on reality, kid, run along now

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Still here mate, stupid is as stupid does.

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Yes, you certainly are! It’s good that you realize that, you idiot. There may be some hope for you. So tuck your tail between your legs and a run along now kid until you figure out what to do with that information

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I think that Steve would have done that. After all, he was able to upload the data somewhere else, so plainly he also had it in an external hard drive of some sort.

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I certainly hope you’re right

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Kevin is a different story, is he not? 1TB is minuscule to backup on an external for just such a kick in the nads.

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I do not know, but can't imagine that a smart person like Kevin would not have multiple back ups, however, the point is that the action was illegal under the terms of the injunction which only applied to the NZ MoH data not everything else in a person's account.

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