Someone's Exit Policy is missing...

Gotta love stuff like this

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"My first response was shock," said Ellis, who contacted the Star soon after discovering the information. "There's no way a server should get out of a bank's hands with a full operating system and whatever data that's in the hard drive."

Ellis said he approached the Star first because he wasn't sure how the bank would react and wanted a third party present. He contacted the bank late Friday afternoon, and a computer security team was dispatched to his house on Saturday to seize the hard drives.

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He was at least smart to protect himself but the bank ultimately made the mistake IMHO letting these things out like that.

The other thing I want to know is how can I get Netfinity servers like that for $400CDN??? I never seem them on eBay at that price!!

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The other thing I want to know is how can I get Netfinity servers like that for $400CDN??? I never seem them on eBay at that price!!

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He purchases PCs from a company that recycles them, fixes them and sells them on ebay for a higher price. The company he purchased them from this time was...

http://www.recycle.net/trade/ecosys.html

Time to look into some inexpensive hardware!

http://www.ecosys.ca/store/index.asp...&page=hotsheet

You can get price lists here.

I thought these recycling places had to destroy hard drives?!

When I recycle equipment, I pull out the HDs and then recycle just the parts I know I won't be able to use. I keep network cards, some shells, memory and thats about it.

Then we have phun with the harddrives and a sledge hammer! ;)

FYI- Don't put a hard drive in the microwave... it'll explode! :rolleyes:
(don't laugh... Jack Daniels told us to do it!)

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Originally posted here by phishphreek80
I thought these recycling places had to destroy hard drives?!

When I recycle equipment, I pull out the HDs and then recycle just the parts I know I won't be able to use. I keep network cards, some shells, memory and thats about it.

Then we have phun with the harddrives and a sledge hammer! ;)

FYI- Don't put a hard drive in the microwave... it'll explode! :rolleyes:
(don't laugh... Jack Daniels told us to do it!)

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How long does it take? (I have some old 512MB and 1 GB hard drives to get rid of)

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How long does it take? (I have some old 512MB and 1 GB hard drives to get rid of)

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Well, I've used a 5lb sledge and that only takes a couple of good whacks. I like to see the insides before I stop...

As for the microwave... only a couple of seconds before you see the sparks. The hard drive itself won't explode... its the microwave that will... (they're coming to take me away! ha.ha. ho.ho. he.he!) (Disclaimer: Don't try this at home... try it at your friends house!)

I think the best solution is to use do a low level format then take an industrial strength magnet to it. Drill a couple or holes in it afterwards to ensure that the next person using it recieves the proper air flow and cooling.

Seriously though.... There are proper ways to getting rid of the hard drives...
http://www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2003/05/21_01.htm

I still like to take them apart. They have GREAT magnets inside. A friend collects the aluminum cases, and only the actual disks get tension tested ( with the hammer ).

( that guy Jack sure gets around )

LOL. that is some crazy stuff to hear about. The banks need to be a bit more careful i guess. I like to play around with the old hard drives though. You know mod em. Put a window in. Just for kicks.

PeacE
-BoB

I usally dispose of my old harddrives / misc hardware with a 30-06 or 7mm mauser.

actually it's not just banks who are careless with computer equipment... I recently came into posession (legally) of a laptop from a well known oil company (given as a gift from a friends father)... - shan't give the name of the company but everyone in the UK and most folks in the states will know them. The amount of company data still left on the thing was frankly ridiculous.. including but not limited too, proposals for drilling sites, section finances etc.... a lot of the info dated from 2001-2002 so commercial worth might be limited but even so...

needless to say the HD has been wiped several times and a different OS has been installed...

I can understand the sense of shock

Z

I bet somebody got their ass chewed out because they didn't check the drives to make sure they were wiped. it is also a good thing that guy was honest or all hell would of broke lose and alot of people would of been pissed off at the bank If they are not already pissed at them and I bet alot of them closed out their accounts.

It really does happen everywhere. I picked up an old P166 for my sister from a computer liquidators, they had piles of them just sitting. Cost me like 88 CDN + Monitor. I brought it home, expecting to have to install an OS and apps and stuff, but nope. Had Office on it, and a few other nifty programs. Also had the guys person folder that had all the old commercials that used to circulate that were humerous. Had all his personal info, including CC#s. Then i started browsing, there were designs for vehicles. Complete blue prints and schematics of the frame and body. Documentation on various electronic components, all sorts of wild crap. It's kinda scary that this information could be in anyone's hands.

Not too long ago, one of my buddies purchased a pallet of hard drives. I'm not talking a small quantity either... there were over 1000+ drives there. He was going through them looking for good drives to sell on ebay. He purchased them from a data recovery company somewhere in CA. (if you want to know which company, PM me... I'll find out)

After going through about 10 of them and them all being broken (click click zooom!) and making all sorts of weird noises... he came across a few that worked. He found hard drives that belonged to lawyers, banks, home users, etc. He found tons of data on them. He runs an wireless ISP and couldn't find time to go through them all. Since he wasn't finding too many that were worth selling, he started selling them in packages... "as-is".

I purchased 20 or so drives from him at a price of $100. Only 5 of them worked. Between the ranges of 60gigs and 20gigs. I found all kinds of crazy stuff on them. From pr0n to music to financial data. Of course I just killed all the data (being the honest person that I am...)

He was selling the rest of them and ended up selling the rest of the pallet too.

I can only imagine what else was on those hard drives. Hopefully no important data went to other people. Seeing that he got them from a data recover company... I'd be willing to bet that there was plenty of "juicy stuff" on them.

Ah well... what are you going to do?

Take out the drill, sledge hammer and microwave!