Ukraine: Hack wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka "planeta" (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data.

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[-] reddithalation@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 months ago

the way large amount of data is moved is physically moving the drives, because transfering it over the internet might take months or years. an online calculator says that it would take about 6 months to transfer 2pb over a 1 gigabit connection.

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