[Dataloss] Idaho Power Co. - answering my own question

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http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/idaho/stories/NW_042906idahopowerEL.82d38eea.html

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It happened after the company's hard drives were sold on eBay - with 
confidential still intact company memos and the names and personal 
information of hundreds of Idaho Power employees.

KTVB conducted the investigation in conjunction with its NBC affiliate in 
Cincinnati, where the hard drives were actually bought. KTVB then told 
Idaho Power about the issue. They then issued a press release to the media 
late Friday afternoon.

As a result of the investigation, Idaho Power will no longer recycle or 
sell computer hard drives.

In all, four hard drives were bought by a computer security expert in 
Cincinnati, Ohio. He was able to retrieve hundreds of thousands of 
confidential company documents from Idaho Power.

The drives contain everything from employee names and social security 
numbers - even confidential memos to the company.s CEO.

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