Copiers and Elephants
Copiers and Elephants
Never Forget.
Originally shared by Edward Morbius
Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets
...Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive - like the one on your personal computer - storing an image of every document copied, scanned, or emailed by the machine. In the process, it's turned an office staple into a digital time-bomb packed with highly-personal or sensitive data....
It took Juntunen just 30 minutes to pull the hard drives out of the copiers. Then, using a forensic software program available for free on the Internet, he ran a scan - downloading tens of thousands of documents in less than 12 hours.
The results were stunning: from the sex crimes unit there were detailed domestic violence complaints and a list of wanted sex offenders. On a second machine from the Buffalo Police Narcotics Unit we found a list of targets in a major drug raid....
Data are liability, Photocopier edition.
Makes for some inteeresting scenarios....
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/digital-photocopiers-loaded-with-secrets/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/digital-photocopiers-loaded-with-secrets/
Never Forget.
Originally shared by Edward Morbius
Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets
...Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive - like the one on your personal computer - storing an image of every document copied, scanned, or emailed by the machine. In the process, it's turned an office staple into a digital time-bomb packed with highly-personal or sensitive data....
It took Juntunen just 30 minutes to pull the hard drives out of the copiers. Then, using a forensic software program available for free on the Internet, he ran a scan - downloading tens of thousands of documents in less than 12 hours.
The results were stunning: from the sex crimes unit there were detailed domestic violence complaints and a list of wanted sex offenders. On a second machine from the Buffalo Police Narcotics Unit we found a list of targets in a major drug raid....
Data are liability, Photocopier edition.
Makes for some inteeresting scenarios....
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/digital-photocopiers-loaded-with-secrets/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/digital-photocopiers-loaded-with-secrets/
It's the junk in the trunk.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of a copier scrapping service with ... interesting sidelights.
Or if Our Fine Hosts truly care to manage All the World's Data.....