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Saturday, October 09, 2004

Dutch justice Minister condemns Tonino

Dutch Justice Minister, Piet Hein Donner, condemned the Amsterdam Public prosecutor, Joost Tonino for an un-believable error. Tonino dumped what he thought was a useless PC in with the rest of his household trash. The PC was picked up by a passerby who subsequently brought the PC back to life only to find it full of highly confidential sensitive information relating to several serious fraud cases and Tonino's own email and bank account details.
The case highlights the common practice of many people of taking work home and using it on their home computer, often when this is against company policy. At ecommnet we find it un-believable that the prosecutor's PC wasn't protected using something like SafeGuard Easy even when it was in use at home.
Related Links
SafeGuard Easy Hard Disk Encryption
Prosecutor leaves crime files on dumped PC : The Register
Public prosecutor dumps computer with confidential info on street : Leigh Phillips DM Europe.com
Justitie krijgt gedumpte computer Tonino:RTLNieuws.nl
How do you value your laptop? by silicon.com

posted by Robert Campbell 11:43 AM


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