Ransomware and data on Cloud - whose responsible

Hi there

Question to any "legal Beagles" here

If say your computer gets infected with Ransomware and say your data on a cloud server (one drive etc) gets scrambled too -- who's responsible for the Cloud data. Obviously you are for your OWN machine but what about data you've held on a Cloud server. In theory since you are accessing this data via Windows the malware could scramble the Cloud data even or (probably) if the data is stored on a Linux server.

Do any of these Cloud services have any recovery / backup for individual users --- I'm sure they backup the operations but with possibly zillions of users regular user backups would seem to be out of the question - the volume of storage would simply be HUGE and the cost to the customer would increase astronomically.

just an inquiry though -- Also I've actually never seen any info on restoring users data files stored on the cloud if a user wants a previous version or accidentally deletes file.

Cheers
jimbo

The cloud provided storage that I use has file versioning capabilities. So, a previous version of the file, prior to encryption should be available on the cloud to restore.

I know that OneDrive and DropBox both do versioning.

TechnoMage said:

Hi Jimbo,
Love your Avatar!

But I have a question(s). What is "The Cloud"? Where is "The Cloud" and, , , who is in charge of "The Cloud".
Is he or she certified and bonded, or is maybe he or she a Convicted Felon? Do we know? How could we ever find out?

Personally I won't trust my personal data, some of it critical, to an unknown person at an unknown location. That's the worse possible security failure I can think of.
All my own data files are saved to two USB Flash Drives that never leave my personal control. Periodically, I burn my most critical data files to DVD's and put them in a fireproof vault. At no time, is my personal data outside of my control.

Here's hoping that you have a GREAT day!
TechnoMage

Hi there @TechnoMage


Avatar based on 6 Million Dollar man -- I did have a little moving pic (on W7 Forums) butI haven't been able to re-create on 10 Forums so just put up with static picture. I'm actually fairly similar to that and reasonably large so when I go into a computer store or similar in London or mainland Europe and they have these usually tiny phillipino security staff following me around I give them a cold glare and they all scarper !!!!!! as I could probably eat THREE of them for breakfast and still feel hungry !!.

Slightly OT - but if you like Sci Fi -- I love the "Mage Imperator" in the "Saga of the 7 suns" by Kevin J Anderson -- he must have had some scandinavian origin !!!! (Saga is an old Norwegian (Old Norse) or Icelandic word used in modern day English -- Old Norse is actually very similar to modern day Icelandic -- but modern norwegian is a bit removed --rather like Latin and modern Italian.

anyway have a good evening !!!!

Here's some links.

The Saga of Seven Suns - Wikipedia

Species of The Saga of Seven Suns - Wikipedia

Saga - Wikipedia

Cheers
jimbo

I doubt any cloud based storage provider will accept legal responsibility for your data. Their Terms of service likely explicitly say you're SOL, even if it's their fault.

But, legal terms aside, even if you could void that agreement, get a court to say they can't abdicate responsibility, it would still be YOUR fault that a virus scrambled your data, not theirs.

Some cloud based storage offers file versioning (like OneDrive and I think DropBox, perhaps others). So you can likely get any files back that way. But, I certainly wouldn't rely on it. Also, chances are, any ransomware will likely scramble the applications that run the cloud service, so chances are that your data will probably safe, since such programs wouldn't be able to run to sync your offline data.

I have recovered numerous versioned files in the past without trouble. Its dependable.