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Recovering files from other people's cloud VMs

by airhangerf15 on 3/17/25, 6:08 PM with 1 comments

  • by airhangerf15 on 3/17/25, 6:10 PM

    I think this is a situation with most hosting providers not zeroing out volumes for cancelled VMs before re-provisioning them. Still kinda bad, but not as bad as the article makes it seem. It is a good reminder: zero out your volumes when you cancel a VM hosting plan.