Comments on: Kidnapping Data? http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/kidnapping-data/ Driving Innovation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:43:00 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/kidnapping-data/comment-page-1/#comment-6966 Jake Fri, 08 May 2009 19:57:07 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2864#comment-6966 Yeah, not that hard to do, but you knew where to look (b/c it came from your company) and had time. It's an investment of many hours to scour a laptop. <br><br>Just seems like in smash/grab or found cases, a quick buck is better than effort invested with no promise of a reward. <br><br>I wonder if there's anything like a computer chop-shop where they automate this type of stuff and take a cut. <br><br>Thinking about the datanapping, I also wonder about how you could sell corporate data to a competitor. That would be an awkward discussion. Yeah, not that hard to do, but you knew where to look (b/c it came from your company) and had time. It's an investment of many hours to scour a laptop.

Just seems like in smash/grab or found cases, a quick buck is better than effort invested with no promise of a reward.

I wonder if there's anything like a computer chop-shop where they automate this type of stuff and take a cut.

Thinking about the datanapping, I also wonder about how you could sell corporate data to a competitor. That would be an awkward discussion.

]]> By: nosey http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/kidnapping-data/comment-page-1/#comment-6961 nosey Fri, 08 May 2009 11:06:07 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2864#comment-6961 Had a laptop out of the work 'pool' once. It was previously used by one of the HR/recruitment people, and had lots of fun stuff about job offers, salary increases...<br>And it doesn't take too long to find. Mail caches (eg PST files) are pretty easy to open, and can quickly be sorted by email address. There's a whole bunch of desktop tools that index documents, spreadsheets etc, which could pretty easily show up SSN, credit card numbers etc. <br>Passwords for websites stored by the browser could be useful. Also passwords for wireless networks.<br>Selling corporate info (apart from credit cards) would probably be a bit trickier. How easy would it be to approach a competitor company to offer them stolen data. The blackmail route seems a lot easier. Had a laptop out of the work 'pool' once. It was previously used by one of the HR/recruitment people, and had lots of fun stuff about job offers, salary increases…
And it doesn't take too long to find. Mail caches (eg PST files) are pretty easy to open, and can quickly be sorted by email address. There's a whole bunch of desktop tools that index documents, spreadsheets etc, which could pretty easily show up SSN, credit card numbers etc.
Passwords for websites stored by the browser could be useful. Also passwords for wireless networks.
Selling corporate info (apart from credit cards) would probably be a bit trickier. How easy would it be to approach a competitor company to offer them stolen data. The blackmail route seems a lot easier.

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