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I don’t understand what the story is here. If the USB stick was properly encrypted, as the article appears to state, the data is not “lost”. The loss of the USB stick itself is incidental.

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Japanese city loses residents' data after contractor's night out

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese city has been left with more than a headache after admitting a contractor lost a…
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in reply to Aral Balkan

H.Lunke & Socke
H.Lunke & Socke
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Yep and this sentence is perfect rubbish: "So far, officials said, there was no sign the information had been accessed."
If the stick was lost, they can only determine if there was access to the data if the data was published.
in reply to Aral Balkan

niobos
niobos
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unless the password turns out to be `Password1!`, or its Japaneese equivalent. 🤷‍♂️
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