http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/ Engadget Comments for FBI adds Iomega hard drive to most wanted list http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 22nd 2007 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Win Addict]]>Feb 22nd 2007 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 22nd 2007 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/
Good England! ;)]]>Feb 22nd 2007 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/
http://www.iomega.com/direct/products/family.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=27290741&bmUID=1172161002321]]>Feb 22nd 2007 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/13/MNG62O3NOU1.DTL

I'm sgtarting to think the B in FBI stands for Butterfingers.]]>Feb 22nd 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 22nd 2007 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 22nd 2007 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/
just my 2 cents...making me a 0.07 cent guy!!!]]>Feb 22nd 2007 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 22nd 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 22nd 2007 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 22nd 2007 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/
There needs to be policies put into place to limit the data in any single location (zip drive, laptop, whatever) to only what is absolutely required for the task. (medical researh in this case) Instead, I'm guessing that this had a whole lot more data about each person than what was really necessary. That's data loss that could have been avoided by better policies in the first place!]]>Feb 22nd 2007 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 22nd 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/
Here's what I don't understand: Why keep all of this sensitive info on laptops and external HDDs? Why not store it all on a central server under lock and key and equip these laptops with cellular data cards. Make the users log in via VPN to access/store info. Seems like it would be much less likely to fall into the wrong hands. Sure, data plans are expensive, but it's the fricken FBI. If they can afford to keep replacing lost/stolen laptops, I'm sure they've got the coinage for cellular cards!]]>Feb 22nd 2007 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/
Jacob's Ladder? lol]]>Feb 22nd 2007 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 22nd 2007 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 22nd 2007 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/
It's simply the FBI that wants the data back...

Also, living in the same town and seeing the state of most of the VA facilities here in B'ham makes it quite clear that any Joe Schmoe could walk in and have free reign...

Missing data? not surprising.

Probably some hick picked it up, and it using the drive to either prop open a door or store his AOL e-mails... I think they should cut their losses and move on...]]>Feb 23rd 2007 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 23rd 2007 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/Feb 23rd 2007 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/fbi-adds-iomega-hard-drive-to-most-wanted-list/
Apparently, this theft is part of a rash of data thefts. One website has been tracking the massive amount of these thefts and the webmaster postulates that these thefts may be an illegal government program to populate a kind of massive surveillance database used on the citizens of the United States.

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/Datathefts.php

If this this story is true, could these illegal thefts be used as part of criminal database that use agreements between the United States and other countries; and used to spy on citizens traveling to and from partnered countries?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/23/MNGCAO9NSB1.DTL

What I think is interesting is that if these databases are to be integrated into one giant database, you would need expertise from the most knowledgable people available.

Jim Gray, who has gone missing, was a microsoft "database guru". From what I have found on the Internet, he was working on projects associated with using large databases such as the controversial databases being constructed by the NSA to monitor millions of phone calls:

http://www.gcn.com/print/25_13/40827-1.html

I guess if one could prove that the data used against you was stolen, I suppose you find in a court of law that stolen data used against you would be illegal.]]>Feb 23rd 2007 8:11PM