cdanteek Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 "Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing an account worth $38 billion. It happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account - one of Alaska residents' biggest perks - and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well." Full Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrussell Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Can't believe that a Government agency would have only ONE backup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ml Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Thank heavens they still had the paperwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 But aren't we cajoled into buying "file shredders, wipers, and software that formats your hard drive sixteen different ways to Christmas and wipes to DOD specifications to prevent recovery of your bank account number, because anybody can read even a formatted drive" ?? What happened to the 'anybody' who can read this stuff, or did the employee accidentally shred the files and then accidentally wipe them to DOD specifications? Is the Department of Revenue totally computer illiterate, or are we being stiffed into buying unnecessary wiping and shredding stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Highlander Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Summed up in one word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Mayber Alaska ADR should look a little closer who they are hiring for computer technicians !! Hard to believe that their system would allow that kind of manipulation with the computer, without some warning. How does that old saying go "Stupid is as stupid does". Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Warnings are only as good as the people who ignore them Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Highlander Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Warnings are only as good as the people who ignore them Lynn Looks like Microsoft and IBM went in there and they have retreved the data back now , but there is nothing said on what happened to the IT manager?, but i dont need to guess to hard on his fate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdanteek Posted March 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Looks like Microsoft and IBM went in there and they have retreved the data back now , but there is nothing said on what happened to the IT manager?, but i dont need to guess to hard on his fate "Former Revenue Commissioner Bill Corbus said no one was ever blamed for the incident." "Everybody felt very bad about it and we all learned a lesson. There was no witch hunt," Corbus said. According to department staff, they now have a proven and regularly tested backup and restore procedure. The department is asking lawmakers to approve a supplemental budget request for $220,700 to cover the excess costs incurred during the six-week recovery effort, including about $128,400 in overtime and $71,800 for computer consultants. cd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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