Comment by kumarvvr

> The government official who insisted that commercial AWS/GCP/Azure couldn't possibly be trusted with keeping the information will be keeping their head low for a few days then...

They absolutely cannot be trusted, especially sensitive govt. data. Can you imagine the US state department getting their hands on compromising data on Korean politicians?

Its like handing over the govt. to US interests wholesale.

That they did not choose to keep the backup, and then another, at different physical locations is a valuable lesson, and must lead to even better design the next time.

But the solution is not to keep it in US hands.