Personal Information Recovered From Wiped Hard Drive

We all discard old computers. Apparently, a professionally wiped hard drive is insufficient data security for discarded computers. Watch this WYFF Channel 4 Geenville-Spartanburg news video. (Or watch it here.)

Using software available on the Internet, two computer professionals explained how they recovered sensitive patient information, including Social Security numbers, from hard disk drives professionally wiped clean and discarded by a hospital.

For effective data security: businesses and consumers should shred old hard-disk drives when you discard them.

Comments

[Ruby Badcoe]

Losing important files because of a crashed hard disk is so frustrating. It’s like you want to slam the computer back and forth. Kidding aside, though, when this happens, all you need to do is relax. And think of an effective way to recover your files. Asking for help online (not from the same damaged unit, naturally) or from a computer-savvy friend.