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<font size=3>Then with the mirrored disk, he has all the time in the
world to operate on it, make more copies, etc. etc. and apply the
forensic tools we all use daily.<br><br>
I see the announcement more as damage control by those irresponsible
enough to allow it to happen in the first place. I'll bet they're just
happy to have it back, (if that's even the case, and this is not damage
control to deflect Congress from blowing their tops and calling major
hearings/broilings/inquisitions.)<br>
Its not that this is uncommon, we've seen all too many reports of
"So-and-so IG's office says data security policies at (insert
favorite department here) resemble Swiss cheese" blah..blah...<br>
Nothing gets changed of course, a clone or two turn in their
resignations, and go across the street, and in a few weeks/months,
another report comes out something else is missing...all too familiar as
we here see. Letsee, VA is on it's third breech, it appears..<br>
Hell, my own personal LAN is better secured than many of these
operations....<br><br>
At 12:32 6/30/2006, Richard Forno wrote:<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Yeah anyone who thinks the laptop is
100% not-been-accessed is seriously misguided.....or stupid.
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On 6/30/06 12:22 PM, "blitz"
<blitz@strikenet.kicks-ass.net> wrote:<br><br>
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<dd><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4>We just had this discussion on
another list...he could of taken the drive out, copied/mirrored it,
replaced it and returned the laptop for the reward. No files would of
been changed, and the heat could die down. Next you know, the Russian
credit-card mob would pay him $10-15,000 for the names, so:<br><br>
<dd>$25,000 for returning it<br>
<dd>$15,000 for selling the data<br>
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<dd>$40,000 not a bad weeks work....<br><br>
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<dd>At 14:03 6/29/2006, you wrote:<br>
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<dd>On Thu, June 29, 2006 11:45, Richard Forno forwarded:<br><br>
<dd>> DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(OIG), THE<br>
<dd>> FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE
DEPARTMENT<br>
<dd>> ANNOUNCE THE RECOVERY OF THE STOLEN LAPTOP AND EXTERNAL HARD
DRIVE<br>
<dd>[...]<br>
<dd>> A preliminary review of the equipment by computer forensic teams
has<br>
<dd>> determined that the data base remains intact and has not been
accessed<br>
<dd>> since<br>
<dd>> it was stolen.<br><br>
<dd>OK, somebody has to be asking: how would they know the data haven't
been<br>
<dd>accessed? Especially on an external drive.<br>
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