infosecnews
01/18/2003
Los
Angeles based forensic specialists Computer
Forensics International (CFI) says it has
discovered a pattern of privacy violations
centering around the use of recycled hard drives
in the U.S.
The firm says that, by using EnCase forensic
analysis software, its team of examiners found
undeleted files on the drives, containing
personal details of the previous owners,
including credit card and social security
numbers.
According to CFI, the hard drives found had
to be completely destroyed to close the privacy
loop. The company says that management must
ensure that hard drives are wiped clean when
recycling used computers and points out that
reformatting a hard drive does not permanently
delete information
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