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markdown 79 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database

A land title is written on paper or cardboard, with signatures and stamps on it.

The digital copy is just that; a digital copy.

The hacker would have to destroy the database and all backups, and also burn down the building holding the registry.

ragall 78 days ago [–]

That's not how things work in most countries in Europe: the land registry is the authoritative source, and there are no bearer titles any more.

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