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by smarx007 1037 days ago
Shoddy journalism strikes again. How do we know that all data was lost and the notice on the homepage was not uploaded by hackers?

"CloudNordic could not be reached for comment." It's a journalist's job to reach either the company or affected customers to verify the facts.
2 comments
utybo 1037 days ago
Because CloudNordic says so on their temporary webpage. https://www.cloudnordic.com/ (in Danish, I used Google Translate to check and the result seems fine)

I don't think we need fearmongering about "shoddy journalism" for something so easy to check.

Edit: in Danish not Norwegian, my apologies

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rypskar 1037 days ago
>>in Norwegian

The text is in Danish, since it is a Danish company. Norwegian and Danish is close, but some words have totally different meanings

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smarx007 1037 days ago
How can you trust the webpage of a system that was recently attacked?
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tommiegannert 1037 days ago
If not attacked and the page says not attacked: trustworthy.

If not attacked and the page says attacked: not trustworthy.

If attacked and the page says not attacked: not trustworthy.

If attacked and the page says attacked: trustworthy.

As long as the page says "attacked", it seems likely they were attacked? Why would they state it themselves if it wasn't true, losing trust for no reason?

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smarx007 1037 days ago
It’s not a bad starting logic.

However, there is a thing called “defacing”. In the process, the attackers share false information implying that more damage was done than in reality.

My general rule is to stop trusting a compromised digital system until I hear from a person (journalist, in this case) confirming that the control over the system has been restored.

If journalists do not verify the facts themselves or via trusted (human) sources, it’s not journalism but syndication.

Realistically, the news was published yesterday and the notice is dated a week ago. I doubt that a company of IT experts would have failed to take a fake notice down. But I stand by my assessment of TechCrunch journalistic standards.

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smarx007 1037 days ago
This is how it should be done: https://computersweden.idg.se/2.2683/1.779824/danska-molnfor...

The CEO of CloudNordic confirmed the attack took place and that backups were lost in an interview to Radio4.Dk, as reported by Computer Sweden.

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