Vulnerability

backup failure

vulnerability:backup_failure Also: untested backups

Operational failure in which backups were not tested and the newest usable backup was ten months old.

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incoming INVOLVES police department ransomware incident Explicit 96

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police department ransomware incident INVOLVES backup failure

The incident involved untested and outdated backups; the latest usable backup was ten months old.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Nicole Beckwith EP 96 Details

“they did not test their backups prior to deploying them”

Nicole Beckwith · offsets 8303–8358

“The latest backup they had was from ten months ago.”