[MLUG] Hard Drives

["James Brockman" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>> Why is that?  After all bits have been flipped to zero, where

>> is the information stored about their previous states?

>> People with the right tools can extract the bits that were contained
>> several times back. Paranoid people usually rewrite the drive something
>> like seven times. If these are business computers with important private
>> information on them I'd say it'd be worth the extra paranoia. I have seen
>> returned hdd's show back up being resold with the original owners data
>> plainly visible on them.

 

A service tech from Unisys told me he how he used to service the Army Reserve offices in St. Louis.  Whenever a hard drive went bad, he was required to remove the unit, then follow an FBI agent into the alley alongside the building.  This FBI agent would be carrying a sledge hammer, which he then used to pulverise the hard drive.  Really.

 

James Brockman