Re: FBI announces VA laptop recovery

[blitz <blitz () strikenet kicks-ass net>]

We just had this discussion on another list...he could of taken the 
drive out, copied/mirrored it, replaced it and returned the laptop 
for the reward. No files would of been changed, and the heat could 
die down. Next you know, the Russian credit-card mob would pay him 
$10-15,000 for the names, so:

$25,000 for returning it
$15,000 for selling the data
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$40,000  not a bad weeks work....


At 14:03 6/29/2006, you wrote:
> On Thu, June 29, 2006 11:45, Richard Forno forwarded:
>
> > DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (OIG), THE
> > FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
> > ANNOUNCE THE RECOVERY OF THE STOLEN LAPTOP AND EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE
> [...]
> > A preliminary review of the equipment by computer forensic teams has
> > determined that the data base remains intact and has not been accessed
> > since
> > it was stolen.
>
> OK, somebody has to be asking: how would they know the data haven't been
> accessed?  Especially on an external drive.
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