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Ransomware crew hits Save The Children, steals 7TB of data

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I usually chuckle when larger (100+ computer-using employees) companies get hit by ransomware, usually because they have been nickel-and-dimeing their IT departments, treating them as cost centres instead of revenue centres, and generally starving them into something far too ænemic to protect the company from electronic threats. They made their bed, they need to learn how to sleep in it.

But you don’t touch the non-profits that aren’t fronts for Parasite Class wealth accumulation, especially non-profits that operate purely for society’s benefit at all levels. And _especially_ those that are there to aid those most vulnerable and voiceless members of our society.

F*k BianLain with a rusty, nail-studded, king-sized dildo.

> especially non-profits that operate purely for society’s benefit at all levels

Are you sure? Why they would store so much data ?

We're just a single household and we've already got TBs of photos and videos. Many more TBs of other media too and (prior to compression) over a TB of email.

I can't claim to know what kind of data Save the Children had, the article mentions 800GB of that was financial records alone, but I'm not sure the amount of TBs a company has sitting around tells you much about how beneficial they are to society. It doesn't surprise me that a company that has been around since 1919 would have accumulated 7TB of data.

7TB of data (the article mentioned 800GB of financial data) is impressively small for an organization that brings in over a billion USD a year[0] and has over 10k employees, especially when it operates in as many countries as Save The Children does.

It's normal for charities to store data: not only do they have financial regulations to comply with (and people that ask for receipts for tax deductions), but the best donors are repeats and it's well established practice for charities to make sure to keep sending former donors marketing materials and requests.

[0] https://www.savethechildren.net/about-us/accountability

While I agree with your overall comment, the last sentence really isn't necessary. This isn't Reddit.

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