return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago10 petabytes of sensitive data stolen from China's National Supercomputing Center, hackers claim — daring heist would be largest ever China hack, covering 6,000 clients across science, defense, and bewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1191
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minus-squaregressen@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·10 hours agoWhere do you even store 10 PB of data?
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoThat may be uncompressed (and text and similar data compress really well). Otherwise my bigger question is how did they transfer 10PB with no one noticing
minus-square5PACEBAR@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoThey’re selling those on AliExpress
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-28 hours agoMinivan full of usb keys. Probably still the fastest data transfer method too.
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoIf you were using 1tb micro SD cards you could fit them in a briefcase or two. It’d only cost $2 million at retail value of $200/card.
minus-squareAzuraTheSpellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 hours ago$200/card? What are those, legitimate western numbers?/s You can find “2TB” SD cards on AliExpress/etc for $3. Increasing the capacity to 1PT shouldn’t be much more than a minor change in the firmware.
minus-squarexSikes@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·10 hours agoOn your fidget spinner usb drive from a trade show
minus-squaremushroommunk@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 hours agoNot to mention the logistics of transferring that much data alone. You need a high enough network speed to snag it all before being caught.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 hours agoSocial engineering and Sneakernet
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoSneakernet? More like forktrucknet
minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoYou could probably spread the exfil across a botnet of some kind, since I imagine the data will survive being chunked.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours agoHackers must have insane S3 bills
minus-squareslowtrain33@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoJust imagine the number of PUTs. I’ll bet it was mostly 100kb log files too. Them hackers gonna wish they never rsync’d that one. lmao
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoI’m guessing that they wouldn’t actually store that amount of data. Probably processing it on the fly and discarding a majority of it.
Where do you even store 10 PB of data?
That may be uncompressed (and text and similar data compress really well).
Otherwise my bigger question is how did they transfer 10PB with no one noticing
Tapes
They’re selling those on AliExpress
Minivan full of usb keys. Probably still the fastest data transfer method too.
If you were using 1tb micro SD cards you could fit them in a briefcase or two. It’d only cost $2 million at retail value of $200/card.
$200/card? What are those, legitimate western numbers?/s You can find “2TB” SD cards on AliExpress/etc for $3. Increasing the capacity to 1PT shouldn’t be much more than a minor change in the firmware.
On your fidget spinner usb drive from a trade show
Not to mention the logistics of transferring that much data alone. You need a high enough network speed to snag it all before being caught.
Social engineering and Sneakernet
Sneakernet? More like forktrucknet
You could probably spread the exfil across a botnet of some kind, since I imagine the data will survive being chunked.
Hackers must have insane S3 bills
Just imagine the number of PUTs. I’ll bet it was mostly 100kb log files too. Them hackers gonna wish they never rsync’d that one. lmao
I’m guessing that they wouldn’t actually store that amount of data. Probably processing it on the fly and discarding a majority of it.