[PetraCromlich]

What they did was stupid. But I don't think they expected someone to break into their servers and destroy all their data for absolutely no reason. They probably saw no reason to take enterprise level backup precautions.

True. Honestly, if I was in their situation, I doubt I would have too. There was really nothing to gain by hacking the site, so it would have been a waste of money/resources. In hindsight, maybe not, but you know what they say about hindsight...