[aio2]

Funny, because the same thing happened in Nepal a few weeks ago. Protestors/rioters burned some government buildings, along with the tech infrastructure within them, so now almost all electronic data is gone.

[dottjt]

Would this have been any different if these documents were stored non-electronically though? I understand that the whole point of electronic data is that it can be backed up, but if the alternative were simply an analog system then it would have fared no better.

[dikei]

For paper documents, you'd make at least a few copies for storage at the source, and then every receiver will get his/her own notarized copies.

Electronically, everyone just receives a link to read the document.

[Muromec]

Paper records are usually distributed both by agency and by locality.

[seunosewa]

It would have been better if storage was distributed.

[perihelions]

One source,

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/world/asia/nepal-unrest-a... ("Many of the nation’s public records were destroyed in the arson strikes, complicating efforts to provide basic health care")

[hackernewds]

Not sure where you got that info. only physical documents were burned (intentionally by the incumbents you could argue) however the digital backups were untouched

[serioussecurity]

Anti authoritarian patriots?

[rvba]

Happened in Bladerunner too

[senordevnyc]

And Fight Club