Hello everyone!

As some may have discovered by now, we have unfortunately suffered data loss from the Nairaland website in the last presumed attack or failed upgrade. This has caused significant downtime for our followers and friends and we apologize for these issues. We have been actively working to mitigate the damage caused and to restore all data lost.

So, what really happened here?

This is not an official statement from Nairaland but as an IT geek, I believe the problem is from a faulty upgrade on Nairaland primary web server which caused a data loss incident. The last backup performed by the hosting company before the presumed attack was January 10. So any posts, threads, comments made after January 10 are automatically lost because Nairaland uses a database technology .

Moving Forward:

Though NextHome Builders is a relatively young company, we have found that our services have been heavily in demand.

Here again, whilst Nairaland support team will be working on how to mitigate the long-term damage including migrating to a new, more reliable server host and restoring backup versions of content (where applicable). I will be documenting the progress of our projects here on an almost daily basis. I hope that through this you will gain an understanding of the construction process and may find it useful when planning your own building projects either in Nigeria or abroad. I also hope that it will give you an appreciation for the attention to detail and build quality that we care about so much at NextHome Builders.

Enjoy the best!

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brabus: Dangerous Builds - Who builds your house?
I saw this at a site and I felt it's worth sharing.

This is why we see a lot of building collapse in Nigeria. Builders do everything to make profit after getting the contract.
I like your designs, maybe we will do business together.
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brabus: Hello everyone!
So, what really happened here?
The last backup performed by the hosting company before the presumed attack was January 10. So any posts, threads, comments made after January 10 are automatically lost because Nairaland uses a database technology .
Enjoy the best!

This is where I have a big problem.. how can Nairaland with its magnitude have a backup that is almost 6 months worth of data old.
Luckily, I believe he does not have commercial clients; if so we would have been seeing a huge lawsuits here..
I used to run a telephone dial-in Bulletin Board services with 20 computers networked together with Novell Netware pre-era of internet world wide web, where you have to use DOS command and Unix to run everything.. so I know how critical backup is.. You can still googled my board then as "Systematic BBS". It was a popular one around New York and USA then..
The lesson here is: BACKUP and BACKUP and BACKUP.

Hajji Mufutau

Nairaland Data Loss - A Big Lesson For All

mufutau55:

This is where I have a big problem.. how can Nairaland with its magnitude have a backup that is almost 6 months worth of data.

The lesson here is: BACKUP and BACKUP and BACKUP.

Hajji Mufutau

Hajji,

I'm more upset that there weren't backups readily available. I've heard dozens of stories on this attack, and in none of them has anyone said, "No worries, mates. If the issues was not resolved, we had a fresh backup set in the vault." My greatest loss is that we had to re-create the lost documentation of our beautiful construction journals.

I think the lesson for everyone in IT support is clear: If every bit of data in your organization isn't being backed up sometime, it's time to jump on the backup revolution.

To Nairaland - Pls implement a policy of zero tolerance for lost files.

mufutau55:
Luckily, I believe he does not have commercial clients; if so we would have been seeing a huge lawsuits here..

Hajji Mufutau

Hajji, you're missing something here. The Nairaland Ads, the advert accounts and cost updates have gone missing too.

brabus:
Hajji, you're missing something here. The Nairaland Ads has gone missing too.

Yeah! I totally forgot about the Adverts. I have less energy for Nairaland now; it's almost unforgiven.

Hajji M.

brabus: Nairaland Data Loss - A Big Lesson For All



Hajji,

I'm more upset that there weren't backups readily available. I've heard dozens of stories on this attack, and in none of them has anyone said, "No worries, mates. If the issues was not resolved, we had a fresh backup set in the vault." My greatest loss is that we had to re-create the lost documentation of our beautiful construction journals.

I think the lesson for everyone in IT support is clear: If every bit of data in your organization isn't being backed up sometime, it's time to jump on the backup revolution.

To Nairaland - Pls implement a policy of zero tolerance for lost files.

It is so funny that despite the fact that he is making money from the website, nairaland did not have backup. I have tons of clients that have basic website and they get weekly backup not to talk of a forum that requires a daily backup. He must have learnt lessons from this. The pain is the information that can never be reproduced that got lost. The best thing is to run your personal blog and also use nairaland as a jump page just like omoonile lawyer website so that you can have control over your content.

after many months of work and update on my pages

I just lost all infos and pictures on my thread...

Its frustrating.....

brabus: Nairaland Data Loss - A Big Lesson For All



Hajji,

I'm more upset that there weren't backups readily available. I've heard dozens of stories on this attack, and in none of them has anyone said, "No worries, mates. If the issues was not resolved, we had a fresh backup set in the vault." My greatest loss is that we had to re-create the lost documentation of our beautiful construction journals.

I think the lesson for everyone in IT support is clear: If every bit of data in your organization isn't being backed up sometime, it's time to jump on the backup revolution.

To Nairaland - Pls implement a policy of zero tolerance for lost files.

I think Seun has not really told us what happened to Nairaland. I do not want to believe this hacking rubbish. Iam an IT person and a Software Engineer. If this data loss is a result of backup, then i can say that Seun has disappointed the entire IT industry in Nigeria. Can this happen in India?. How will people take the Nigerian IT industry serious?. A whole Nairaland that celebrated 1million users of recent has no recent backup. Have they not heard of what they call 'replication'?. This is how we do not take anything serious in Nigeria and the reason many startups do not grow to be big corporations.

brabus: Facelifting a boring design - Creating Inspired Spaces in Magboro, Ogun State

There's nothing worse than a boring house design without the fun details. Sir Femi (a fellow Nairalander)
approached us to give his house a facelift and here's what we are able to come up with.

I love the revised version; which is the last picture of the three.. Very lovely and elegant. Good work.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:

I love the revised version; which is the last picture of the three.. Very lovely and elegant. Good work.

Hajji M.

Our guy Beetroot gave the house a nice touch-up.

brabus:

Our guy Beetroot gave the house a nice touch-up.

And the Builder.. (that's YOU, Brabus) still has to make all things in it possible.
It can be well designed, but without a good Builder, then it's not completed.
Good work in all your jobs I have seen and followed..

Note: Where is Beetroot anyway, I have seen his thread re-opened since the Hacker business.. Time to call him.

Hajji Mufutau

^^^

Hajji, I'll respond to your email o. But don't you worry because the price is ridiculously affordable. I'm busy working on our next project.

brabus: ^^^

Hajji, I'll respond to your email o. But don't you worry because the price is ridiculously affordable. I'm busy working on our next project.

You are the MAN, Oga Brabus.

Hajji M.

brabus: Owode Crib of Sir Snowflakes

What a superb and excellent transformation.. Good work Oga Brabus. Kudos.

Hajji Mufutau

brabus: Minimalist Kitchen in Owode - Yewa

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what abt the wardrope?