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April 13, 2006

Carelessness with Data

Like many IT folks, I carry a flash memory stick around. I recently switched mine to a secure flash drive after losing my original for a couple of days. Stories like this make me even more glad I have done so. Granted, I don't have any military data on mine, but still......

Afghans selling stolen military data

One flash memory drive, the Times reported Thursday, holds the names, photos and phone numbers of people described as Afghan spies working for the military. The data indicates payments of $50 bounties for each Taliban or al-Qaida fighter caught based on the source’s intelligence.
Posted by Nemo at April 13, 2006 10:32 AM

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On my last business trip to California I was carrying a manager's thumb drive. He'd left it in the slot of a conference room PC. Fortunately no classified/ITAR data on it so we didn't have to do paperwork. But I'm amazed security lets us have them.

Posted by: Karl Gallagher at April 13, 2006 2:22 PM

Yargh! The thumb drive I have is secure, although I currently have it formatted entirely insecure because I'm using it to exchange data between my Mac and my work laptop. Once I'm no longer doing that, though, it's back to 100% secure.

Posted by: Jeff Medcalf [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 13, 2006 10:15 PM