Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets

skids writes 'File this under "no, really?" CBS news catches up with the fact that photocopiers, whether networked or not, tend to have a much longer memory these days. When they eventually get tossed, few companies bother to scrub them. Couple this with the tendency of older employees to consider hard-copy to be "secure," and your most protected secrets may be shipped directly to information resellers — no hacking required. "The day we visited the New Jersey warehouse, two shipping containers packed with used copiers were headed overseas — loaded with secrets on their way to unknown buyers in Argentina and Singapore."'

Comments

Thats supposed to be obvious?

[EricX2]

I never would have guessed the copy stayed in memory on the device. When I copy, scan to email or, scan to file it doesn't give me the option to 'scan again without reinserting original'... or does that imply the ones we have don't have this 'feature'?

Re:Thats supposed to be obvious?

[wjousts]

In the same way that a wall is more secure than a door. It has less features to start with.

Some people don't listen

[bfmorgan]

I have pointed this out to my company's computer security guy and his response was, "I don't worry about copiers, that is a human resource issue". I have sent him this story. Maybe that will get him worried. Oh, and I cc'd the CEO.

Re:Some people don't listen

[vbraga]

Better write 'Pro golf tips at the bottom' in the subject or the CEO isn't going to read it.