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Archive for August, 2008
The Linkup just folded….
Aug 11th
Consumer online backup provider The Linkup, formerly known as MediaMax, formerly known as StreamLoad just shut up shop and are telling people to go to box.net instead. Streamload split in half last year, spinning off a business orientated cloud storage platform called Nirvanix. I think the plan was for Streamload users to transition to the MediaMax software, and MediaMax would use the Nirvanix storage cloud as it’s back end. Well it looks like someone in MediaMax messed up in a big way. They started deleting data from the old storage infrastructure before verifying that it had made it’s way up to the More >
Look what the guys in Heise managed to do….
Aug 11th
I’m in the trade, so I am biased, but this is too big not to comment on. Researchers at Heise (publishers of German IT magazine c’t) have cracked the security in several online backup platforms, including Ahsay OBM wide open using MITM (Man-In-The-Middle) attacks. You’ve probably never heard of Ahsay but if you’re a in the market for online backup you’ve probably tried it. They sell it as a “white label” product, so the service provider just puts their logo on the splash screen and the end user is none the wiser. They’ve got over 30 resellers in Ireland alone, including local brand names More >
