Inside Al-Qaeda’s Hard Drive

User Comments: 17

1. August 16, 2004 1:16 PM
   david5182 said:
   Hahaha, what kind of n00bs operate PCs at Al-Qaeda?
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2. August 16, 2004 2:13 PM
   TS | Thomas said:
   & people say the CIA/FBI/Government were incompetent.
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3. August 16, 2004 2:40 PM
   Nic said:
   Just goes to show the kind of mind that becomes a terrorist. Doh ...
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4. August 16, 2004 2:42 PM
   Phantasm66 said:
   Maybe they just meant to steal those planes in 9/11... ;)(This is a joke and if you don't find it funny, I apologise in advance. I think what happened that day was appauling and I still remember the Earth just standing still....)
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5. August 16, 2004 7:56 PM
   Strakian said:
   Amazing... truly amazing... nice joke btw... har har... I fail to grasp the joke, and just knda found it offensive, although it having been so long ago i don't really mind anymore. Everyone should have moved on from this by now, it never helps to dwell on the past...
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6. August 16, 2004 9:58 PM
   ---agissi--- said:
   [quote][i]Originally posted by Phantasm66 [/i]So, to all of our readers, please remember this: the next time you use your machine to plan a terrorist attack, remember to wipe the HDD before you stick it in the local paper. [/quote] Ah, thanks for the tip :D
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7. August 17, 2004 2:01 AM
   young&wild said:
   Or better still, give the HDD a big smack using the hammer.
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8. August 17, 2004 9:11 AM
   shnig said:
   kinda hard tosell then though
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9. August 17, 2004 9:48 AM
   Strakian said:
   Actually, I believe the CIA and FBI have ways of retrieving data/partial data off of broken drives if they haven't been wiped, even if they are torn up afterwards. (like a paper in half, etc)You really should erase it, then smash it, then burn it.People won't buy it though, like Shnig said
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10. August 17, 2004 1:43 PM
    Unregistered said:
    There is a company called DriveSavers that can do that. They can recover data from drives that have been burned up in house fires, lying on the bottom of a lake, etc.
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11. August 17, 2004 5:44 PM
    ---agissi--- said:
    Thats insane, is this place (DriveSavers) open to the public?
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12. August 17, 2004 7:44 PM
    shnig said:
    Well the british gov dont believe information on a hard drive is safe until the hard drive has demagnitised.
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13. August 18, 2004 5:56 AM
    Nodsu said:
    There are many data recovery labs all over the world. For a hefty price they are willing to examine anything you throw at them.According to US DoD the only acceptable methods for destroying "top secret" data from a hard drive are either degaussing or physical destruction (disintegrate, melt, pulverize, etc.)
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14. August 18, 2004 6:16 AM
    Spike said:
    Would a blow torch sufficiently mealt a hard drive platter?
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15. August 18, 2004 1:44 PM
    SNGX1275 said:
    Spike, I don't have any knowledge of melting points of whatever HD platters are made of, but if you want you can get some thermite. Check it out:[url]http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers/features/45707
    Dark_Tip_Destroy_All_Data.html[/url]Also [url]www.thebroken.org[/url] has a video of this in action, check out episode 3.
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16. August 22, 2004 2:59 PM
    Unregistered said:
    it's funny ... sort of ... those al-queada terrorists are against american ways of living, their freedom, etc - so why are they using pc's? aren't pc's something of an american invention (ok, i'm not so sure on the specifics/details here, ie, who invented the pc)? don't al-queada ppl live/hide in caves? it's just a tad contradicting here ...
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17. August 22, 2004 8:37 PM
    DigitAlex said:
    I think that actually there might be more Al Quaeda people living in big european ,asian and american countries, driving modern cars and going to work every day like everyone of us, plus preparing their bad plans aside and under cover than those that really live in caves...
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