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“I used to treat recovery with a laissez-faire attitude. The ransomware situation completely changed that. I cannot recommend the Rubrik platform enough. ”
It was 11 PM on a Friday in November of 2019. WED2B IT systems administrator Jamie Jeeves started receiving a barrage of email alerts warning that antivirus (AV) clients were crashing in the company’s central office. All prospects for a relaxing weekend vanished when Jeeves logged into the remote system to investigate the AV shutdowns. WED2B operates as a retailer of wedding gowns, dresses, and accessories for brides and bridesmaids. With nearly 60 stores across the UK, Ireland, Belgium, and the Netherlands, WED2B was fearful the attack would ruin arguably the ‘most important day’ for countless brides. While checking the network’s file share, Jeeves noticed a mass encryption of data was underway. “This is when I knew we were in trouble. We had just been hit with ransomware,” said Jeeves. “All WED2B website files, including text, videos, and high-res images, were being encrypted. 5 terabytes of critical NAS data had been initially encrypted, including the backups from a 3rd party system that used Azure to store backups.”