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Identity Theft Using Second Hand Hard Drives By Andy Frowen
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| Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
For most people these days the technology is almost a fact of life pull, however for some old or is no longer necessary technology provides a good source of additional income.
There can be no better example of this than eBay, the auction site. However, there are inherent risks that can lead to problems that can only be resolved through the use of Computer Forensics expert.
It is important to understand that simply delete the information from a computer hard drive is not necessarily get rid of it, simply by removing the free space that can be overwritten with new data.
And as Computer Forensics experts can recover data in case of need can do so well informed and increasingly sophisticated criminal.
One of the most common problems encountered by the staff of Computer Forensics is the problem of hard drives is not properly formatted and clean of all or any of the previous data. Without proper handling of these disks, often sold on auction sites for a fraction of their original cost, it can be reconstructed leading to identity theft and therefore need the help of an expert the fight against cybercrime.
Of course, not only individuals who sell their equipment on auction sites, the companies also sell their unwanted computers, hoping to make extra money and without regard for the consequences of failing to secure your hard drive clean.
The user who wishes to make some extra money, or indeed, the business user seeking to recover money spent on more modern equipment, you can use disk wiping or deleting public services to be purchased reputation sites Internet or the street, but unfortunately, many retailers do not participate in this practice and as a result, in recent years thousands of people deprived of their details including dates of birth, PIN (personal identification numbers) and other personal data have recovered in the supposedly clean hard drives.
Computer forensic experts are often called to help you remember the loss of data and also data to show that has existed in a hard drive at some point.
Unless the hard drive is physically removed and replaced by the team a new, or the disc has been removed from a utility, the risk is the data will be recovered.
If you are a business and have a large number of computers to dispose of it is advisable to take advice from an expert who can help ensure that all personal data is removed and not recoverable company before getting involved with the team equipment.
Andrew Frowen is the managing director of a forensic expert and IntaForensics computer registered. Visit Computer Forensics for more information. |
posted by neptunus @ 2:20 AM
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