{"id":86549,"date":"2026-09-23T12:18:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/?p=86549"},"modified":"2026-09-24T08:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:50:25","slug":"vmdk-data-recovery-after-an-akira-ransomware-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/it-it\/case-studies\/vmdk-data-recovery-after-an-akira-ransomware-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"VMDK Data Recovery After an Akira Ransomware Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"case-study-image-and-title\" class=\"vc_section blog-header-top-padding vc_custom_1743006484198 wpex-vc-full-width-section wpex-vc-full-width-section--centered wpex-relative wpex-vc_section-has-fill wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div 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.vcex-ib-caption{color:#ffffff;font-size:45px;font-family:'DM Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:600;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-image-banner wpex-flex wpex-flex-col wpex-w-100 wpex-justify-center wpex-relative wpex-overflow-hidden wpex-bg-gray-900 wpex-text-white wpex-hover-text-white wpex-text-left wpex-rounded-md vcex-has-img-tag cs-main-image-header vcex_6ab56766124b2\"><img  src=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VMDK-Data-Recovery-After-an-Akira-Ransomware-Attack-Header-1-1.png\" class=\"vcex-ib-img wpex-block wpex-transition-all wpex-duration-500\" alt=\"\"><div class=\"vcex-ib-content-wrap wpex-w-100 wpex-transition-all wpex-duration-500 wpex-absolute wpex-inset-0 wpex-flex wpex-items-center wpex-p-30\"><div class=\"vcex-ib-content wpex-flex-grow wpex-mr-auto\"><h3 class=\"vcex-ib-title wpex-heading\">Recupero dati VMDK<\/h3><div class=\"vcex-ib-caption wpex-text-lg wpex-last-mb-0\">dopo un attacco ransomware Akira<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:35px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid parent-div wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Ambiente:<\/strong><br>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em\">Ambiente VMware sottoposto a backup tramite Nakivo su un Synology RS3621RPXs a 12 alloggiamenti, RAID 5, BTRFS<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Attacco:<\/strong><br>\n<span style=\"font-size: 0.8em\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ransomware Akira<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Dati a rischio:<\/strong><br>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em\">Circa 11 TB di backup di macchine virtuali crittografati, il resto eliminato<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1790182117035\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Complicazione:<\/strong><br>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em\">Circa 15 TB scritti sullo stesso volume il giorno successivo all'attacco<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Risultato:<\/strong><br>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em\">99,91% recuperato sul server database prioritario<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:18px;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Un'organizzazione aziendale multi-sede ha subito un attacco ransomware Akira che ha compromesso l'accesso a sistemi virtualizzati critici e ha messo a rischio porzioni significative del proprio ambiente di produzione. Circa 11 TB di backup di macchine virtuali conservati nel repository Nakivo del cliente sono stati crittografati. I backup rimanenti sono stati eliminati.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"case-study-blurb-and-scenario\" class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1772461320762 wpex-relative\"><div id=\"video\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\" id=\"video\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;font-size:18px;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Lo stesso attacco ha crittografato le macchine virtuali di produzione, lasciando l'organizzazione priva dei dati necessari per ripristinare le operazioni aziendali.<\/p>\n<p>Nel giro di pochi giorni, l'organizzazione ha coinvolto la propria compagnia assicurativa informatica e una societ\u00e0 di incident response. I metodi di ripristino convenzionali hanno recuperato porzioni dell'ambiente, ma non sono riusciti a ripristinare diverse macchine virtuali prioritarie. La societ\u00e0 di incident response ha coinvolto DriveSavers Data Recovery per stabilire se fosse ancora possibile recuperare dati utilizzabili dallo storage interessato e se i dischi delle macchine virtuali danneggiati potessero essere ricostruiti.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"case-study-solution\" class=\"vc_section wpex-relative\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661616e{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661616e{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661616e{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661616e{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661616e{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_6ab567661616e translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">La situazione della <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">perdita di dati<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Nel momento in cui i dischi sono arrivati a DriveSavers, la crittografia del ransomware non era pi\u00f9 l'unico problema.<\/p>\n<p>L'analisi tecnica condotta con il nostro strumento proprietario di recupero dei dischi virtuali ha identificato circa 15 TB di dati scritti sul volume il giorno dopo l'attacco, ovvero dopo che i backup Nakivo erano gi\u00e0 stati eliminati. Queste scritture si sono rivelate determinanti.<\/p>\n<p>L'eliminazione di un file su BTRFS non ne cancella il contenuto. I file system di questo tipo generalmente contrassegnano i blocchi interessati come disponibili per il riutilizzo, mentre i dati stessi rimangono al loro posto finch\u00e9 qualcosa non viene scritto sopra di essi. Le scritture eseguite dopo l'attacco sono state assegnate ai blocchi occupati dai backup eliminati.<\/p>\n<p>Un'ulteriore analisi tecnica ha indicato che una porzione sostanzialmente maggiore delle informazioni interessate, e potenzialmente la totalit\u00e0, avrebbe probabilmente potuto essere recuperata se lo storage interessato fosse rimasto invariato.<\/p>\n<p>Il volume arrivato a DriveSavers conteneva pertanto un mix di dati originali intatti, dati crittografati dal ransomware, dati eliminati e riallocati, informazioni scritte di recente, strutture del file system danneggiate, e blocchi parzialmente sovrascritti. Circa 3.600 file, per un totale di 16,1 TB, sono rimasti attivi, di cui il 99% erano dischi virtuali e snapshot VMware con estensioni riscritte in .AKIRA.<\/p>\n<p>Una caratteristica dell'attacco ha migliorato le prospettive. L'algoritmo di crittografia utilizzato in questo incidente non crittografava interi file. Crittografava circa il 15% di ciascun file in tre fasce, il che sui grandi VMDK si traduceva in circa il 5% di crittografia front-end. Ampie porzioni di ogni disco virtuale sono quindi rimaste intatte. \u00c8 stata necessaria un'analisi a livello di blocco per identificare tali regioni intatte.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"case-study-results\" class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1772464064344 wpex-vc-full-width-section wpex-vc-full-width-section--centered wpex-relative wpex-vc_section-has-fill wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab5676617426{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab5676617426{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab5676617426{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab5676617426{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab5676617426{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_6ab5676617426\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">The Recovery<\/span><\/strong> Process<\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid faq-accord-sec vc_custom_1790193320616 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_tta-container\" data-vc-action=\"collapseAll\"><div class=\"vc_general vc_tta vc_tta-accordion vc_tta-color-grey vc_tta-style-total vc_tta-shape-rounded vc_tta-o-shape-group vc_tta-controls-align-default vc_tta-o-all-clickable  accord-column vc_custom_1746707767615\"><div class=\"vc_tta-panels-container\"><div class=\"vc_tta-panels\"><div class=\"vc_tta-panel vc_active faq-accord-title\" id=\"1716890254482-90592e71-20fa\" data-vc-content=\".vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"vc_tta-panel-title vc_tta-controls-icon-position-right\"><a href=\"#1716890254482-90592e71-20fa\" data-vc-accordion data-vc-container=\".vc_tta-container\"><span class=\"vc_tta-title-text\">Recupero remoto valutato e respinto<\/span><i class=\"vc_tta-controls-icon vc_tta-controls-icon-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1790193004599\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Una valutazione remota ha confermato l'ambito del progetto ed \u00e8 stata utilizzata per determinare se il recupero potesse essere completato da remoto o richiedesse un intervento in laboratorio. Recuperare questi dati significava leggere tutte e dodici le unit\u00e0 a livello di settore, comprese le regioni non pi\u00f9 referenziate dal file system, e l'accesso remoto a un NAS in funzione raggiunge generalmente il volume logico piuttosto che il supporto fisico sottostante. Il recupero remoto non \u00e8 stato possibile. Un ingegnere ha ritirato le unit\u00e0 all'Aeroporto Internazionale di San Francisco la domenica sera successiva.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel\" id=\"1716980310195-cf5120dd-63bf\" data-vc-content=\".vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"vc_tta-panel-title vc_tta-controls-icon-position-right\"><a href=\"#1716980310195-cf5120dd-63bf\" data-vc-accordion data-vc-container=\".vc_tta-container\"><span class=\"vc_tta-title-text\">Nessuna operazione di recupero dati eseguita sui dischi originali<\/span><i class=\"vc_tta-controls-icon vc_tta-controls-icon-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1790193010867\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Tutte e dodici le unit\u00e0 sono state sottoposte a imaging entro 24 ore dall'arrivo, e ogni operazione successiva \u00e8 stata eseguita su tali immagini. I supporti originali sono rimasti nello stato in cui erano stati ricevuti per tutta la durata del processo, il che ha permesso di preservare lo stato probatorio durante lo svolgimento dell'analisi.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel\" id=\"1716892470635-67dc37f4-23f5\" data-vc-content=\".vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"vc_tta-panel-title vc_tta-controls-icon-position-right\"><a href=\"#1716892470635-67dc37f4-23f5\" data-vc-accordion data-vc-container=\".vc_tta-container\"><span class=\"vc_tta-title-text\">L'estrazione \u00e8 stata eseguita in parallelo<\/span><i class=\"vc_tta-controls-icon vc_tta-controls-icon-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1790193018704\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Effettuare la scansione di circa 120 TB un'immagine alla volta non sarebbe stato praticabile. Gli ingegneri hanno suddiviso il lavoro in intervalli da un terabyte ed eseguito dieci scansioni simultaneamente, portando il throughput ai limiti dell'hardware stesso. Successivamente \u00e8 stato costruito un secondo set di immagini su un secondo sistema, in modo che le estrazioni potessero proseguire contemporaneamente su entrambe le macchine.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel\" id=\"1716892533584-1defe13c-967c\" data-vc-content=\".vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"vc_tta-panel-title vc_tta-controls-icon-position-right\"><a href=\"#1716892533584-1defe13c-967c\" data-vc-accordion data-vc-container=\".vc_tta-container\"><span class=\"vc_tta-title-text\">La mappa di allocazione del file system ha richiesto una ricostruzione manuale<\/span><i class=\"vc_tta-controls-icon vc_tta-controls-icon-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1790193024841\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Man mano che i dati venivano eliminati, BTRFS aveva iniziato a cancellare il livello che mappa i dati memorizzati sulle rispettive posizioni fisiche. Circa 7 TB di quella mappa sono stati interessati, producendo output inutilizzabile da uno storage altrimenti leggibile. Gli ingegneri hanno stabilito che le regioni interessate erano state allocate in modo contiguo prima dell'eliminazione, il che ha reso possibile la ricostruzione manuale. Ricostruire la mappa manualmente ha ripristinato l'accesso a circa 5 TB di dati di backup che il file system aveva gi\u00e0 rilasciato.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel\" id=\"1746706790263-0ece488a-c88d\" data-vc-content=\".vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"vc_tta-panel-title vc_tta-controls-icon-position-right\"><a href=\"#1746706790263-0ece488a-c88d\" data-vc-accordion data-vc-container=\".vc_tta-container\"><span class=\"vc_tta-title-text\">Dischi virtuali analizzati a livello di blocco<\/span><i class=\"vc_tta-controls-icon vc_tta-controls-icon-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1790193030834\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Un file VMDK danneggiato \u00e8 raramente semplicemente leggibile o illeggibile. Gli ingegneri hanno separato le regioni intatte da quelle crittografate, corrotte, parzialmente sovrascritte o strutturalmente danneggiate. Le tre macchine a priorit\u00e0 pi\u00f9 alta avevano ciascuna cinque o sei punti di ripristino, il pi\u00f9 recente effettuato poco prima dell'attacco, per un totale di 35 file VMDK. Il danno ha interessato dal 3 al 5% di ciascuno di questi file. Su una delle tre, il criptatore non aveva affatto raggiunto i file dei dischi virtuali.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel\" id=\"1746706820873-e77dbc09-0a20\" data-vc-content=\".vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"vc_tta-panel-title vc_tta-controls-icon-position-right\"><a href=\"#1746706820873-e77dbc09-0a20\" data-vc-accordion data-vc-container=\".vc_tta-container\"><span class=\"vc_tta-title-text\">Colmare le lacune con i dati di produzione comportava rischi<\/span><i class=\"vc_tta-controls-icon vc_tta-controls-icon-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1790193036872\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Laddove i soli dati di backup non coprivano un set di dati, gli ingegneri hanno integrato le regioni non crittografate dei dischi virtuali di produzione. Questo approccio si \u00e8 rivelato efficace, sebbene richiedesse cautela. Due delle tre macchine prioritarie disponevano anche di file snapshot, che non hanno una relazione uno a uno con i dati che rappresentano. Le strutture che mappavano i file snapshot ai dati che rappresentavano si trovavano all'interno delle regioni crittografate. Utilizzare i dischi virtuali di produzione per colmare le lacune poteva quindi introdurre dati pi\u00f9 vecchi e produrre corruzione difficile da rintracciare in seguito. Gli ingegneri hanno valutato il rischio per ciascun set di dati anzich\u00e9 unire per impostazione predefinita.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel\" id=\"1790012399261-c4054605-890c\" data-vc-content=\".vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"vc_tta-panel-title vc_tta-controls-icon-position-right\"><a href=\"#1790012399261-c4054605-890c\" data-vc-accordion data-vc-container=\".vc_tta-container\"><span class=\"vc_tta-title-text\">Consegna adattata all'ambiente di destinazione<\/span><i class=\"vc_tta-controls-icon vc_tta-controls-icon-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1790193043155\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>DriveSavers ha collaborato con la societ\u00e0 di incident response e con il cliente per stabilire in anticipo in quale ambiente sarebbero stati reimportati i dischi. I dati estratti a livello di file sono stati restituiti per primi attraverso la rete, in modo che il cliente potesse accedere a file specifici mentre il resto del lavoro proseguiva. Sono seguiti i file VMDK completi, idonei alla reimportazione.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1772464080847 vc_section-o-content-middle vc_section-flex wpex-vc-full-width-section wpex-vc-full-width-section--centered wpex-relative wpex-vc_section-has-fill wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661cb4d{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661cb4d{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661cb4d{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661cb4d{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661cb4d{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_6ab567661cb4d translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">Risultati: 99,91%<\/span><\/strong> sul server database prioritario<\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div id=\"TABLE-ROW\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1790193294209 wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ===================== RecoverNow Dataset\/Result Table ===================== -->\n<!-- Paste this entire block into a WPBakery \"Raw HTML\" element.            -->\n\n<div class=\"rnptds-wrap\">\n  <div class=\"rnptds-table\" id=\"rnptdsTable\">\n\n    <!-- HEADER ROW -->\n    <div class=\"rnptds-row rnptds-header-row\">\n      <div class=\"rnptds-cell rnptds-head\">Set di dati<\/div>\n      <div class=\"rnptds-cell rnptds-head\">Risultato<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"rnptds-row rnptds-shade\">\n      <div class=\"rnptds-cell rnptds-label\">VMDK del server database prioritario, dal solo repository di backup<\/div>\n      <div class=\"rnptds-cell rnptds-value\">99,4% recuperato<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"rnptds-row\">\n      <div class=\"rnptds-cell rnptds-label\">VMDK del server database prioritario, dal solo repository di backup<\/div>\n      <div class=\"rnptds-cell rnptds-value\">99,91% recuperato<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"rnptds-row rnptds-shade\">\n      <div class=\"rnptds-cell rnptds-label\">File di dump del database da 10 GB, consegnato<\/div>\n      <div class=\"rnptds-cell rnptds-value\">99,88% recuperato<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"rnptds-row\">\n      <div class=\"rnptds-cell rnptds-label\">Set di dati Hyper Backup, 3,12 TB distribuiti su 763.384 file<\/div>\n      <div class=\"rnptds-cell rnptds-value\">3,03 TB intatti, 86,74 GB danneggiati<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n  .rnptds-wrap {\n    --rnptds-line: #7a7a7a;\n    --rnptds-red: #E31F26;\n    --rnptds-label: #6F737E;\n    width: 100%;\n    overflow-x: auto;\n    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n    font-family: \"DM Sans\", sans-serif;\n  }\n  .rnptds-wrap * { box-sizing: border-box; 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Almeno una macchina virtuale recuperata si \u00e8 avviata correttamente. Le restanti sono state restituite come dati recuperati e dischi riparati.<\/p>\n<p>Ogni disco virtuale riparato era accompagnato da un report a livello di blocco che identificava quali regioni del disco fossero integre e quali presentassero danni irrecuperabili, con conteggi di oggetti, file, directory e byte per ciascuna. Per i team tecnici che ricostruiscono un ambiente, questo tipo di reportistica fornisce informazioni notevolmente pi\u00f9 dettagliate rispetto a una semplice indicazione di recuperato o non recuperato. Consente agli amministratori di valutare la qualit\u00e0 di un'immagine recuperata e di stabilire se sia necessario un ulteriore recupero a livello applicativo, un'estrazione di file o una ricostruzione.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div style=\"border-color:#000000!important;\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1790186340921 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative wpex-vc_row-has-fill wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-xs-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1727284399200\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-icon-box.vcex_6ab567661ea47 .vcex-icon-box-content{color:#6f737e;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_6ab567661ea47 .vcex-icon-box-icon{color:#ec0912;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-icon-box vcex-icon-box-one wpex-flex wpex-text-left vc_custom_1790186401531 vcex_6ab567661ea47\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-symbol vcex-icon-box-symbol--icon wpex-flex-shrink-0 wpex-mr-20\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-icon wpex-items-center wpex-justify-center wpex-child-inherit-color wpex-text-center wpex-leading-none wpex-flex wpex-text-1\"><span class=\"wpex-flex wpex-icon--w wpex-icon wpex-icon--bidi\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M0 216C0 149.7 53.7 96 120 96h8c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32s-14.3 32-32 32h-8c-30.9 0-56 25.1-56 56v8h64c35.3 0 64 28.7 64 64v64c0 35.3-28.7 64-64 64H64c-35.3 0-64-28.7-64-64V320 288 216zm256 0c0-66.3 53.7-120 120-120h8c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32s-14.3 32-32 32h-8c-30.9 0-56 25.1-56 56v8h64c35.3 0 64 28.7 64 64v64c0 35.3-28.7 64-64 64H320c-35.3 0-64-28.7-64-64V320 288 216z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-text wpex-flex-grow\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-content wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p><em>Vi prego di trasmettere a tutto il team la mia pi\u00f9 sincera gratitudine per l'aiuto di tutti in questo progetto.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2014 Chief Information Officer, organizzazione del cliente<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"case-study-takeaways\" class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1772464095377 vc_section-o-content-middle vc_section-flex wpex-vc-full-width-section wpex-vc-full-width-section--centered wpex-relative wpex-vc_section-has-fill wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661fdd0{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661fdd0{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661fdd0{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661fdd0{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6ab567661fdd0{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_6ab567661fdd0\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">Conclusione<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Quando un'applicazione di backup non riesce a completare un ripristino, i dati sottostanti potrebbero comunque essere ancora presenti sullo storage. Questo repository era stato crittografato, svuotato e poi sovrascritto prima di arrivare a uno specialista del recupero, eppure la ricostruzione a livello di blocco \u00e8 comunque riuscita a restituire i sistemi di cui l'azienda aveva pi\u00f9 bisogno.<\/p>\n<p>Recuperare dati di macchine virtuali in tali condizioni richiede competenze specializzate, strumenti proprietari e sviluppo personalizzato in base al file system specifico coinvolto. Quando il ransomware colpisce contemporaneamente i sistemi di produzione e l'infrastruttura di backup, il recupero dati specializzato da ransomware pu\u00f2 offrire una via tecnica che il ripristino convenzionale non \u00e8 in grado di fornire.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1776873720672 wpex-relative wpex-vc_row-has-fill no-bottom-margins wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\" style=\"border-color:#000000!important;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1760029818507\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1790194379795\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\" 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