High-tech copy machines a gold mine for data thieves.
“Modern, large, office-type photocopiers are computers. The whole system is controlled by a computer, it has a hard disk. It scans images and they are stored on the disc,” said Hirst. “They are also networked computers, and they have all the same security issues that a computer does, so all the same security issues arise,” he said.
Such as being targeted by hackers, said Beitner. Any web-savvy, techno-whiz kid could easily access the hard drive, or send all scans to email or, if they have the password, retrieve copies of confidential documents by simply hooking their laptop up to the copier.
And you’d hate having to admit that some thieving geek had hacked your ass.
Curious to think how a thieving geek would be able to identify that it is your ass.
Tattoos? Crescent shaped birthmark?
They’d recognize mine from the boot prints.
I’ve been getting it kicked regularly since the start of the NCAA basketball tournament.
No wonder they call it “March Madness”…