[Dataloss] [follow-up] Boeing fires employee whose laptop wasstolen (fwd)

[Chris Walsh]

"Company spokesperson I.M. Clueless emphasized that the stolen laptop
was turned off when stolen, and that a password would be required to access
the unencrypted information on 800,000 people saved on it.

However, information security expert U. R. Powned explained that in 99% of such
cases, accessing such information would be 'trivial' for a knowledgeable
thief who had actual possession of the laptop.

Using information provided by Mr. Powned, this reporter confirmed that tools
capable of bypassing such operating system passwords are widely available
at no cost"

On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 02:07:02PM -0500, Nash, Kim wrote:
> 
> i'm an advocate of calling them on the carpet. :-)
>