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What Do You Do With An Old Computer…

Posted by Tom Fuller in Blindside project, Data breaches at November 14th, 2007

From the Beeb: A hard drive containing sensitive information on one of Europe’s largest financial services groups has been purchased on an internet auction site for just a fiver.

Well, this is what happens when you follow links to related stories… Thanks to Chris for pointing out that this story was old enough to print on Gutenberg’s machine…

Chris R Says:
November 14th, 2007 at 1:11 pm e
Um, isn’t that story from June 2004?

Chris R Says:
November 14th, 2007 at 3:08 pm e
… one of the clues is the fact that the National Hi Tech Crime Unit no longer exists. http://www.nhtcu.org/

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3 Responses to “What Do You Do With An Old Computer…”

  1. Chris R Says:
    November 14th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    Um, isn’t that story from June 2004?

  2. Chris R Says:
    November 14th, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    … one of the clues is the fact that the National Hi Tech Crime Unit no longer exists. http://www.nhtcu.org/

  3. Tom Fuller Says:
    November 14th, 2007 at 3:36 pm

    Well, I think you might be right on this one, Chris. Glad I didn’t post that breaking story on the Enigma project…

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