Google's Cloud Platform suffers an outage, and iPhones in India get owned after a very specific attack.

Plus how a malware author built a massive 18,000 strong Botnet in one day, and Cisco finds more "undocumented" root passwords.

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Links:

• Cisco Removes Undocumented Root Password From Bandwidth Monitoring Software
• Google Cloud Platform reports issues; Snapchat and other popular apps affected
• Google Cloud Status Dashboard
• Bogus Mobile Device Management system used to hack iPhones in India • The Register
• A major election software maker allowed remote access on its systems for years - The Verge
• Router Crapfest: Malware Author Builds 18,000-Strong Botnet in a Day
• Anian wants to lean better backup
• How To Choose an Effective Backup Strategy for your VPS | DigitalOcean
• Tarsnap - Online backups for the truly paranoid
• Borg Documentation — Borg - Deduplicating Archiver 1.1.6 documentation
• borgmatic
• duplicity: Main
• restic · Backups done right!