[Dataloss] a different kind of data breach from UCONN

[btober at ct.metrocast.net]

Henry Brown wrote:
 > A student bought a computer hard drive and discovered
 > that it contains personal information about people with ties to the
 > University of Connecticut.
 > ...a junior at UConn, bought the drive at the UConn Co-op
 > and discovered it already contained information.
 >

All I can say is

badblocks -t random /dev/hdb
badblocks -t random /dev/hdb
badblocks -t random /dev/hdb

followed by judicious application of a sledgehammer.