One can give good advice, and still fail. Institutional system failure mode. It’s all just people. I shared the CISA backup guidance PDF link because Wikipedia [1] did not have a page for it, and so it was most canonical for the "3-2-1
rule". I've created an HN reference for future use as well [2].
If you don’t want to be sad, back up your stuff. If you don’t, you’ll be sad.
Original source: https://x.com/JoshuaKhane/status/2076918699248803977 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911452)
Streamer Joshua Khane said on X that Microsoft permanently locked him out of his account after it was compromised.
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/data_b...
So that's why CISA used github for secret storage (478 points, 182 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48190454
One can give good advice, and still fail. Institutional system failure mode. It’s all just people. I shared the CISA backup guidance PDF link because Wikipedia [1] did not have a page for it, and so it was most canonical for the "3-2-1 rule". I've created an HN reference for future use as well [2].
If you don’t want to be sad, back up your stuff. If you don’t, you’ll be sad.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_backup_terms#Terms...
[2] Data Backup Options [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912185 - July 2026