Google Cloud accidentally deleted a company's entire cloud environment (twitter.com) 8 points by ksec 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] dxdm 2y ago ↗ Proper article linked to in the tweet: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/...
[–] dxdm 2y ago ↗ > UniSuper was able to eventually restore services because the fund had backups in place with another provider.That's the most important take away, I think. It applies universally.
[–] skynr 2y ago ↗ Issue was deletion of subscription during migration.The whole subscription.If your backups are on the same subscription they're not backups.If your lower environments are on the same subscription then they will go too.An expensive lesson.
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 25.3 ms ] threadThat's the most important take away, I think. It applies universally.
If your backups are on the same subscription they're not backups.
If your lower environments are on the same subscription then they will go too.
An expensive lesson.