[Colloq] Talk: January 12, Simson Garfinkel

[Rachel Kalweit]

CCIS Colloquia Spring 2005
Presents:
Simson Garfinkel
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT

Who will speak on:
Used Disk Drives

Date:Jan 12, 2005
Talk:12:00pm, 366 West Village H

Abstract:

Between 1998 and 2002, Simson Garfinkel purchased 200 used hard drives 
on eBay. Analyzing these hard drives with a variety of tools, he found a 
treasure trove of personal and business confidential information; 
information he should never have seen.

In this talk, Garfinkel will discuss the information he found and why it 
was findable. He'll give a brief survey of how file-systems lay 
information on the hard drive, how and when that information is 
overwritten, and what tools you can use to perform forensic analysis and 
properly sanitize media. Finally, he'll show how the results of this 
research are applicable to digital cameras, flash memory, MP3 players, 
Palm Pilots, and a wide variety of other systems .

Biography

See Simson's online biography: http://www.simson.net/bio.php