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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

10 petabytes of sensitive data stolen from China's National Supercomputing Center, hackers claim — daring heist would be largest ever China hack, covering 6,000 clients across science, defense, and be

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10 petabytes of sensitive data stolen from China's National Supercomputing Center, hackers claim — daring heist would be largest ever China hack, covering 6,000 clients across science, defense, and be

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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Now, where will it end up?
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    Where do you even store 10 PB of data?

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      On your fidget spinner usb drive from a trade show

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      Hackers must have insane S3 bills

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        Just imagine the number of PUTs. I’ll bet it was mostly 100kb log files too. Them hackers gonna wish they never rsync’d that one. lmao

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      Not to mention the logistics of transferring that much data alone. You need a high enough network speed to snag it all before being caught.

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        Social engineering and Sneakernet

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          Sneakernet? More like forktrucknet

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      Maybe on one of those drives that fake their size and at some point begin overwriting previous data. Metadata still there, but content of earlier files completely corrupt. /s

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      Minivan full of usb keys. Probably still the fastest data transfer method too.

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        If you were using 1tb micro SD cards you could fit them in a briefcase or two. It’d only cost $2 million at retail value of $200/card.

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          $200/card? What are those, legitimate western numbers?/s You can find “2TB” SD cards on AliExpress/etc for $3. Increasing the capacity to 1PT shouldn’t be much more than a minor change in the firmware.

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      I’m guessing that they wouldn’t actually store that amount of data. Probably processing it on the fly and discarding a majority of it.

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      I bet they’re selling 10 PB SD cards on AliExpress

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      Tapes

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      That may be uncompressed (and text and similar data compress really well).

      Otherwise my bigger question is how did they transfer 10PB with no one noticing

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        how did they transfer 10PB with no one noticing

        Siphoning. Really slowly.

        Tricked it out. Naw mean?

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