Tom KrainaApr 3
I’ve bitten the bullet and finally “upgraded” to OS 26 last week, thought 1/2 year is enough for Apple to make it stable enough (it’s not).
Here’s what I have hit:
1) upgrade from macOS 15 to 26.3 bricked my MBP (firmware failure). DFU revive kept failing.
2. iOS 26 (or watchOS 26) deleted all of my stored passes and loyalty cards in Wallet #dataloss
Linux Professional InstituteMar 31

Today is #WorldBackupDay! Take a moment to secure your files by backing them up to protect against data loss and #cyberthreat.

Learn how to do the backup right with #Linux: https://lpi.org/c9q3

[Disclaimer: This post contains an image created using AI.]

#IT #LPI #backup #data #cybersecurity #security #dataloss #SecurityEssentials

Marek idkfa 🌕Mar 31

Są dwie grupy ludzi.
Ci co robią backupy,
i ci co będą robić backupy.
A może za dużo ejaja było?
Dziś Światowy Dzień Backupu

#security #datacenters #dataloss

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 30
🎉 Behold, the #miracle of Webminal! A single server with the horsepower of a #potato and RAM you'd find in a decade-old laptop, yet somehow it refuses to die—much like your uncle's Windows XP machine. 🤷‍♂️ Who needs modern #tech when you can survive on sheer stubbornness and the occasional data loss? 🚀
https://community.webminal.org/t/15-years-one-server-8gb-ram-and-500k-users-how-webminal-refuses-to-die/8803 #Webminal #Power #Stubborn #DataLoss #HackerNews #ngated
15 years, one server, 8GB RAM and 500k users - how Webminal refuses to die

The server webminal.org runs on a single CentOS Linux box with 8GB RAM. That’s it. No Kubernetes, no microservices, no auto-scaling. One server since 2011. It has survived: A datacenter fire in 2021 (we lost 150k user accounts) Multiple power outages in the Netherlands That one time in 2017 when a Spanish tech blog sent 10,000 users in one day My friend Freston’s insistence that Slackware is the only real distro The idea The idea was simple. I was sitting at my Windows machine at work, wantin...

Webminal
PrecisionSQLMar 29

One DELETE Cascades To 3.5 MILLION Rows?!

PRODUCTION APOCALYPSE! Deleted ONE user and CASCADE deleted 3.5 MILLION rows across 4 tables! Orders, payments, everything GONE! This is the scariest SQL behavior! Watch this nightmare!

#sql #sqldisaster #cascadedelete #foreignkey #productionbug #dataloss #sqlfails #massdeletion #sqlshorts #databasedisaster #sqlwtf #cascadenightmare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE_OMbOia_w

One DELETE Cascades To 3.5 MILLION Rows?! #massdeletion

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N-gated Hacker NewsMar 17
🎉 Oh, the wonders of #MariaDB #Galera #Cluster 12.1.2! 🎉 It promises bulletproof safety but instead acts like it’s on a mission to lose your precious data faster than you can say "network partition". 🤦‍♂️ Apparently, transaction consistency is just a suggestion, not a guarantee. 🐢✨
https://jepsen.io/analyses/mariadb-galera-cluster-12.1.2 #DataLoss #NetworkPartition #TransactionConsistency #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated
Jepsen: MariaDB Galera Cluster 12.1.2

PrecisionSQLFeb 28

DELETE Without WHERE Deletes EVERYTHING?!

STOP RIGHT NOW! Forgot WHERE clause in DELETE? Your ENTIRE table is GONE! 10 million users DELETED in production! This is every developer's NIGHTMARE! Watch this disaster!

#sql #sqldisaster #delete #productionbug #sqlfails #codingnightmare #sqlshorts #databasedisaster #careerendingbug #sqlwtf #deletewithoutwhere #dataloss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTvRVICKxo0

DELETE Without WHERE Deletes EVERYTHING?! #databasedisaster

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Unixorn - 90% Snark by weightFeb 28

Yet another reason to not enable passkeys anywhere.

https://blog.timcappalli.me/p/passkeys-prf-warning/

TL;DR - If an idiot website uses your passkey to encrypt your data, losing/deleting the passkey will almost certainly mean losing your data.

Of course we should all be backing up our stuff locally instead of trusting cloud services, especially for irreplaceable things like pictures and movies, but lets be real, the average user doesn't.

#dataloss #passkey #passkey_security #datahoarding

Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data

Passkeys are the future of authentication, but using them for data encryption is a disaster waiting to happen. Overloading these credentials creates a dangerous blast radius that can lead to the irreversible loss of a user's most sacred memories and documents.

Timbits
NewsletterTFFeb 21

Hardware Changes Can Render Encrypted SSDs Inaccessible

Learn why changing parts like your motherboard or CPU can make your hardware-encrypted SSDs unreadable. Find out how to protect your data.

#SSD, #DataSecurity, #ComputerHardware, #Encryption, #DataLoss

https://newsletter.tf/computer-parts-lock-encrypted-ssds/

Changing Computer Parts Can Lock You Out of Encrypted SSDs

Learn why changing parts like your motherboard or CPU can make your hardware-encrypted SSDs unreadable. Find out how to protect your data.

NewsletterTFFeb 21

If you change parts in your computer, like the motherboard or CPU, your encrypted SSD might become locked. This is because the drive's security is tied to the original parts. Always save your recovery key to get your data back.

#SSD, #DataSecurity, #ComputerHardware, #Encryption, #DataLoss

https://newsletter.tf/computer-parts-lock-encrypted-ssds/

Changing Computer Parts Can Lock You Out of Encrypted SSDs

Learn why changing parts like your motherboard or CPU can make your hardware-encrypted SSDs unreadable. Find out how to protect your data.