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They were moving the servers to another location and connected them all seemingly without any kind of firewall between them. Some servers were infected with malware which then spread out and infected the other ones, including the backup-servers.
Yeah I read that but I don't have the knowledge to say "what a rookie mistake" or "in hindsight that was a bad idea". I take it, it's the former?
No, it's firmly into "utter incompetence" and "Jesus Christ these people are ignoring basic practices"
For every cloud backup you have, there should exist a physical backup somewhere. It can be a drive or a dvd-rw or a usb. Whatever you choose just make sure you back it up regularly and keep it disconnected from your PC to avoid issues like a randomware attack infecting everything.