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From an Infosec perspective this is terrifying, not simply because of the amount of data, but how difficult it is to scrub. Most people/businesses know that th
by maukdaddy 17y ago
From an Infosec perspective this is terrifying, not simply because of the amount of data, but how difficult it is to scrub. Most people/businesses know that they need to scrub the hard drives from computers before donating/surplussing. Doing the same with copiers is a nightmare.
This is why I'd recommend all businesses use some kind of secure disposal service to get rid of old equipment. Hopefully the businesses that specialize in this field will add copiers to the list of items they scrub.
- Kadin 17y agoIt's not just copiers. Most office printers these days contain their own servers, with hard drives for the spool. It would be just as simple to analyze the drive from one of them and grab whatever's left. And there you'd just be dealing with PS and PCL, probably, rather than some weird proprietary image format that you might get on a copier's drive.