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Binned PCs were stuffed with MoD and Sun staffers’ privates

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Dissent

Here we go – again.

John Leyden reports:

Security researchers found personal records of Sun newspaper and MoD staff on the hard drives of discarded or resold computers.

The study, The ghosts from the machines: A history of 10 years of carelessly discarded data, found that both businesses and consumers are getting rid of old PCss without wiping them clean.

Read more on The Register.

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3 thoughts on “Binned PCs were stuffed with MoD and Sun staffers’ privates”

  1. garykva says:
    October 27, 2011 at 6:12 am

    It takes very little effort to yank a hard drive and empty the cdrom trays. Take the hard drive in the driveway and whack it with a hammer. Some of the companies that do this enjoy a day of taking their frustrations out on old, replaced equipment. A tech doesn’t have to launch multiple copies of writes to a hard drive if the hard drive is beaten to a pancake, taking less time and effort on his part. Plus, the added addreniline will probably get him to close more trouble tickets for the day = Þ

    1. admin says:
      October 27, 2011 at 7:38 am

      I see you favor the same low-tech approach I’ve used here. 🙂

  2. Anon says:
    October 27, 2011 at 8:06 am

    You’d ink someone would notice thousands of Brits running around missing their privates.

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