Apparently Google accidentally deleted all online data from UniSuper, a superannuation fund with half a million members.
UniSuper was only able to restore from backups from a different service. If they'd been solely relying on Google, then UniSuper and their members would be screwed.
Google says "This is an isolated, ‘one-of-a-kind occurrence’" But I'm seeing reports on Lemmy claiming to have dealt with similar problems with Google, suggesting this only the first *major* customer it has happened to.
In any case, don't put all your eggs in one basket. Even that that basket tries to make it ever-so-convenient for you to give them everything.
#google #cybersecurity #unisuper
Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’
Super fund boss and Google Cloud global CEO issue joint statement apologising for ‘extremely frustrating and disappointing’ outageJosh Taylor (The Guardian)
