How to Use 2011 Era Hardware for Remote Backups

Saving millions of dollars by exiting the cloud, GoDaddy is compromised by a sophisticated attacker, why you really shouldn’t use a smart plug to powercycle your router, running SMB and NFS shares on the same host, why private keys should stay private, and using old hardware as a backup server.

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We stand to save $7m over five years from our cloud exit

GoDaddy says a multi-year breach hijacked customer websites and accounts

You Should[n’t] Be Using a Smart Plug to Restart Your Router

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