Re: a different kind of data breach from UCONN

[btober () 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.


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