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PC World's cloudy backup failed when exposed to ransomware

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Err....

"The back up servers as a matter of course run daily virus and malware scans however these files would not be identified as suspicious as they were not a virus threat themselves."

So can we infer from that, that the data the user backs up is not encrypted and is stored plaintext for anyone with access to the KnowHow servers to read? Brilliant.

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