PBS has lost approximately 50 terabytes of data, representing 70 years of television history, due to the failure of its cloud storage vendor. The public broadcasting service is now suing Iron Mountain, the data center provider that hosted the archival materials, to ensure the preservation of its content. This incident highlights the risks associated with relying on third-party cloud services for critical data storage. AI
IMPACT Highlights the critical importance of robust data management and vendor risk assessment in media archives.
RANK_REASON Significant data loss event impacting a major media organization due to cloud vendor failure. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.1]
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