SmarterASP blames power outage for thousands of lost databases

Tom Allen
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SmarterASP blames power outage for thousands of lost databases
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SmarterASP blames power outage for thousands of lost databases

The hosting business has washed its hands of the whole affair

Thousands of European customers of a Californian hosting business have reported an ongoing issue that is stopping them - or anyone else - from accessing their own websites, and may have wiped all o...

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