[ale] copiers: one more thing to be paranoid about

[Lightner, Jeff]

The article talked about people doing simple forensics to get data and
gave examples of what they were able to get off 3 used copiers they
bought for this.   If you think none of the bad guys know how to do this
then there's no need for a firewall on your PC either.

It did mention encryption being available on some models as an add on
cost.

What got me was that you couldn't delete without an add on cost either.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Greg
Freemyer
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1:20 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] copiers: one more thing to be paranoid about

I did not read the article, but in general it is a bear to recover
files from a copier.

They often use proprietary filesystems etc.

So it is not as simple as mounting a drive partition and copying off
files.

I don't know if they ever encrypt or not as well.

Greg

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:49 AM, William Fragakis <william at fragakis.com>
wrote:
>
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/19/eveningnews/main6412439.shtml
>
>
>
> blurb
> "Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive -
> like the one on your personal computer - storing an image of every
> document copied, scanned, or emailed by the machine.
>
> In the process, it's turned an office staple into a digital time-bomb
> packed with highly-personal or sensitive data.
>
> If you're in the identity theft business it seems this would be a pot
of
> gold.
>
> "The type of information we see on these machines with the social
> security numbers, birth certificates, bank records, income tax forms,"
> John Juntunen said, "that information would be very valuable.""
>
>
> - William
>
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