c/news · by Waldowal@lemmy.world · 2y

Ransomware ‘catastrophe’ at Fidelity National Financial causes panic with homeowners and buyers

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/27/ransomware-catastrophe-at-fidelity-national-financial-causes-panic-with-homeowners-and-buyers/

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7 Comments

ratman150@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 2y

Ah a megacorp not giving a fuck and doing damage control instead. A tale as old as time.

Waldowal@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y (1 reply)

This part seems a little over dramatic:

For those of you impacted by the recent catastrophe, we hope you and your family are safe. We are here to help you and your family return to normal.

a_baby_duck@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

I mean... Hopefully it doesn't go on so long that anyone loses their home over it, but not being able to pay your mortgage or access your money is a pretty big deal.

bedrooms@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

They didn't have a backup?

PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Psh, backups cost money. You expect a wildly profitable financial institution to spend money on things that aren’t directly impactful to their day-to-day operations? On things they’ll only need in case of emergency? Get that dirty regulator talk out of here. In this Christian Minecraft server, we only allow the Free Market^TM to decide what is good for the company.

Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

A back up and a "working" back up are to very different things.

It's amazing how many of these companies never actually verify their back ups and restore procedures actually work...

afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y

Things like this are why I don't trust banks. I have multiple accounts, one goes down and I can still function.