The Gadget Report 05: Lockheed Martin Needs to Wipe!

 

Before I talk about this report I want to apologize for the delay. I was waiting for WES (Wireless Enterprise Symposium) to end, and well, with only a couple hours in the show remaining, nothing happened. No news besides some apps and BES upgrades, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, don't worry. Now on to the Gadget Report you have all been waiting for.

 

 

 

Damit Ellen SHUT UP. Oh sorry My sister is watching some Ellen Degernes comedy show in the other room. I would like to inform you that before we advance in our story of the day, this one may be a little, um on the edge. I can't help myself with the subject. Oh and it's not what you think.

 

Now Lockheed, we know your some big company that produces planes, trains and automobiles, ok, actually only planes but I love that movie. In no way does that mean you can get away with not wiping after. You have to keep it clean.

OOPS, wrong kind of wipe.Hmm lets see....

 

 

 

Ahh, much better.

 

Yes, it seems as though our super rich, super smart, super secret company pals Lockheed Martin has a wiping issue. It turns out that they have been using absolutely no method of wiping there hard drives after they have used them. The researchers over at BT's Security Research Centre has purchased a overwhelming amount of hard drives at auctions and computer fairs. When they went to use the Hard Drives they found an overwhelming amount of precious data on the devices. The data was immediately erased and the researchers had there memories erased, ok, well maybe not. The drives ranged a varriety of data including finacial details, test resaults and medical records. These came from a variety of areas of the company. These seem bad enough, but heres the kicker. On a drive BT purchased from Ebay they found numerous ammounts of data regarding Lockheed's THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) Missile Defense system. Also found on that drive were employee's personal information, security polocies and blueprints.

 

When Lockheed Martin was asked to comment on the issue a spokesperson stated that "Until Lockheed Martin can evaluate the hard drive in question, it is not possible to comment further on its potential contents or source." Wow. Just wow. How does a company with so many security protocols and procedures screw up this royaly, to that question, the answer is lost and will be forever unknown. So Mr. Idiot who decided to not wipe his drives, or even destroy them completely, I give you this......