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The real reason behind backup recovery disk failures

DATE: 28 Jul 2009

Hugh Thompson, chief security strategist and founder of the consultancy People Security, tells a funny story about how one secretary's innocent typewriter mistake was the reason behind a series of suspicious 'media error' messages.

Although we may not be using floppy disks anymore, we're guilty of similar security mistakes today.

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One expert says that the simplest of mistakes can lead to major data loss.


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