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Thread #161834 Message #3854711
Posted By: DaveRo
13-May-17 - 03:37 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Computer backup: Win10/11, external HDD fail
Subject: RE: Tech: Computer backup - Win10, UPS, external HDD
This WannaCrypt incident illustrates the advantage of disconnecting backup drives, and why I stopped using SMB (shared drives) for backups as I mentioned earlier.
Gory (very) technical details:
74 countries hit by NSA-powered WannaCrypt ransomware backdoor
(There's a patch there for anybody still running XP.)