If proper backups were performed, and proper DR policies were in place, this is about a days worth of restoration work to correct.
Tops.
20TB is, as the user below points out, "Not that much" in datacenter terms. On enterprise scale SAN systems, that much data can be handled in just a few hours.
If they *DIDN'T* have proper backups, and proper DR policies were *NOT* in place, well...
It is important to note that this is an ISP, and not a digital data warehousing operation, like say WordPress or Google or Amazon Web Services (Or Mega, or any other such large datacenter operation).
Customer information, and internal email operations data is not that big, in the greater scheme of things.
Additionally, if there is thin provisioning going on for things like virtual servers, or disk deduplication going on, then 20TB of unique data could be quite a bit more then "as seen by outside observers".
Other than the "Really shitty storage that is inadequate for any actual use case" that is frequently found in Chromebooks these days, a chrome book can become a decently serviceable "Very low end" laptop with some prodding.
I drove one for more than 4 years, so I would know.
As long as it does not have an intel Atom based CPU, (or an ARM based one), you can more often than not, get them to run either Linux (Preferred!! Plays nicer with being installed on a microSD card, and has more sane configuration options you can set to keep the card from being nuked by incessant writes by things like the browser cache, like setting up a tmpfs mount at the cache folder) or Microsoft Windows installed and working 100% on them.
This is quite nice for an i3 or better based chromebook. Whole new world of use cases once the Chrome boot-rom is expunged.
Just-- actually DOING that requires being in DEV mode, and devices that have been enrolled in org management get bit flags set that prevent you from doing that (To stop those naughty smart kids from being smarter than their teachers) which also prevent 2nd hand market users from doing the same. (there ARE ways to circumvent it, if you dont mind doing some very sketchy shit to basically file off the serial number... because no other means to force-unenroll exists.)
It's very simple.
In the case of chromebooks, school systems use a Management Console to basically lock the things down tight, and nail the lid on. "Powerwashing" the chromebook does *NOT* remove the management bitflags in the boot rom, and the device will basically soft-brick once you try, if it cannot contact the local mothership (housed at the school that sold the chromebooks to you at auction.)
Google propaganda on the matter (Warning, PDF):
https://static.googleuserconte...
In the case of apple iPads, the FindMyiPhone status is managed by Apple's mothership, and the resold devices cannot actually be used. This is by design, to prevent theft and resale. Unless the original, authorized owner un-enrolls the devices, they cannot be set up again with a new user.
For both classes of device, there is 100% a real, legitimate need to PROPERLY DECOMISSION, and UNENROLL the devices, **BEFORE** selling them.
Nice computers should stay in the lab (an aging concept in today's world, but still...) and cheap things like chromebooks should be used for lessons.
100% agree.
However, when it comes time to decommission the damn things, for the love of all that's good in the world, have the decency to un-enroll them from the school's org policy before putting them up for auction.
Even shitty used, beat up, and graphiti festooned cheap chromebooks have value in the 2nd hand market, but ONLY when people buying them can actually USE them. (which they can't, if you don't release them from your org first.)
More accurately, the district IT / Tech department cant be bothered to un-enroll the devices from the district's iron grasp before putting them on purple-wave for auction.
This means that the devices in question are useless for anything but scrap value, even if you buy them with the intent to re-use them in some clever manner. This is especially true with school system chromebooks or ipads.
I would be a bit more sympathetic to this plight, if collectively, school districts actually acted like they give a shit about the devices once they are slated for replacement, and had decommissioning processes in place that actually work.
Yes and no, on blu-ray not being broken.
Blu-ray is not broken, but the digital data transport over hdmi IS.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
A blu-ray player, and a homebrew hack cobbled from a cheap SBC, should let you make unencumbered copies of the digital datastream.
Not as elegant as just decoding it off the disc directly, such as with DeCSS, but blu-ray is not invulnerable due to this sideband attack.
This is actually poignant, as this is what market research indicates concerning the GenZ consumer base. (which is the most financially disadvantaged, and thus, most interested in maximal value for a purchase.)
https://www.statista.com/stati...
I remember reading an OP-ED about this about 3 days ago now, in which the primary motivational component of buying physical media, was the lack of ability of content distributors to retroactively rescind access after license purchase.
A significant case could be built for format shifting, given this trend. However, that would be in the "Jack the Ripper!!" mindset of media companies, vis-a-vis VHS was in the 80s. Format shifting purchased blu-ray and DVD to digital, for use with an in-home PLEX server, would have all the convenience of a streaming service, with none of the issues. Excepting of course, for media companies being allowed to be obstinate trolls.
Don't be ridiculous, it was them dropping Matlock and Colombo.
So, this sounds like a highly evolved SDR; Are there special caveats about the frequency bands it is able to transmit/receive on?
This could be a very handy thing indeed if it is fully broad-spectrum. (that also means, of course, the FCC would get real bitchy about the firmware controlling it...)
Even google's flagship phone can be "DeGoogled".
Pixel series phones are supported by LineageOS, and installing "Mind the GApps" is fully optional.
My "Obsolete" 4A just received a weekly update today, for instance, since I have made the switch.
The only issue is that the 4A has an incessant boot nag screen complaining about the unlocked boot loader. (because WOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Owning your software experience is SO SCARY! You actually have to be RESPONSIBLE, and not just TRUST MOMMY GOOGLE.)
Anyhow; look into it. I find it is a better android than android.
Remember that if you stay out of the job loop for more than 2 years (such as, you take that job at petco) you are now completely "Unhirable" because you are "Not qualified."
Since you know; you might have forgotten how to divide up a subet, how to minimize attack surface, how to look at a stack trace, set up a structured regression test, or how to analyze a packet capture.
Just totally forgot. Your brain cannot possibly retain that knowledge after 2 years!
You worked at petco for two whole years! Clearly the entire security field will change so profoundly in that time, and you will be too busy telling some karen which dog-food is better for a large breed dog, that you wont have any time at all to still stay active on your own in keeping your knowledge or skill up.
That is of course, on top of not having that degree. (that you don't have, because you were actively doing the job instead.)
Guess they will just hire from India!
Wouldn't the inductance values of all the power lines, transformers, and even filter run capacitors basically turn this into less ofva harmonic, and more of a ripple anomaly?
Remember, even a length of straight wire has a Henry value that is nonzero.
The US copyright office has formally ruled that AI generated images cannot be copyrighted, so "what exactly" is implied by "owner" here?
Owner of what? Because it sure as fuck isn't a copyright.
There are also reports of disruption of nocturnally respiring plant lifecycles.
https://www.bbc.com/future/art...
It's still a problem that will not be solved. I'm gonna be a pessimist about that to the very end. Much like we've KNOWN about anthropogenic climate change, and CO2 temperature forcing for well over 100yrs, and done everything *BUT* actually take reparative steps to correct that problem-- because economic activity and human standard of living increases trump EVERYTHING ELSE-- the same will be true here.
We'll end up on a barren ball of dirt without plants or other lifeforms that aren't kept in botanical gardens at this rate.
You'll get dark skies when humanity stops being a technologically advanced species. Really.
"Protozoa are small, and bacteria are small, but viruses are smaller than the both put together."
