Armed thieves broke into the offices of Francis Ford Coppola and stole several computers as well as a “small computer backup device” containing 15 years worth of Coppola’s personal data. There is no word on if a severed horse’s head was left in place of the stolen storage device.

“They stole our computers; they got all our data, many years of work,” said Coppola, who apparently was not in the studio at the time of the robbery. “If I could get the backup back, it would save me years — all the photographs of my family, all my writing.”

This is a good reminder to backup your data and media on a regular basis, and keep redundant copies offsite. Here’s hoping the director’s data is recovered intact.