[Reformatted] Are your documents really wiped? (Backups vs. policy)

[Anonymous]

mv at cdc.gov (Major Variola ret) writes:

> excerpted from
> http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2002/jan/10/011009613.html

> The Big Five accounting firm said in a statement that in recent
> months, electronic files and other documents related to its auditing
> of Enron had been destroyed or deleted.
>
> Chicago-based Andersen said its company policy "required in certain
> circumstances the destruction of certain types of documents."
>
> However, the firm said, millions of documents related to Enron still
> exist, and it has managed to retrieve some of the deleted electronic
> files. Andersen said it is continuing retrieval efforts through
> electronic backup files, "and is continuing in its efforts to fully
> learn and understand all the facts related to this issue."
>
> ...... Sounds like someone needed to store (and backup) their docs
> encrypted, then lose the key..