Do the Maricopa auditors already have the missing files? Screenshot they posted was from data recovery software.
(media.greatawakening.win)
?? Theory ??
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (67)
sorted by:
Yep! These people are stupid! How did they think they could just delete a whole group of files without it being recovered? I've had users delete full hard drives and times where the hard drive fried and smoked but send it in and pay a little money and they can extract every single bit that was on that drive.
I'm guessing they never expected a real audit to be done... like they knew they could get away with it...
Depends on how the data was deleted. If you remove the index the data is still there until you write new data on top of it. There are programs that do this such as bleachbit and ccleaner.
Agreed, former IT gunslinger here. Unless the locations on the drives that contained the original data were over written, the data is absolutely recoverable by the right technician. I think they have them dead to writes. Pun intended.
They forgot to wipe it, like with a cloth, then accidentally smash it with a hammer repeatedly.
they didnt smash the scorecard with the hammer?
I have broken every old hard drive to bits, smashed with hammer, separated into multiple trash cans like I’m disposing of a dead hooker.
And there was only like a credit card number on it. Seems like a bird brain like Katie Hobbs would direct her IT staff to do something like that—or she would do it herself?
the right technician? Fuck i drive forklifts and if the data wasn't written over top i could fucking do it.
You're probably forklift certified. Thats in a class of its own.
Since they were networked Is it possible that you could copy the drives over the network? That way if you, I dunno, seized the servers over seas they were networked to you could use the overseas servers to access the original machines to check?
^^
Even deleted data is recoverable up to a certain point. I know because I've used forensic recovery software in the past.
Destroy and delete?
Bleachbit for laptops, hammer for phones.
The government has software that will wipe a drive 40 times after putting fake data on it each time, yet it still can be recovered.
Not true. Maybe back in the 80's-90's when drive densities were negligible.
The last time I used the software was in 2012, and it was current... I am in healthcare software now, but forensic audits can recover the info unless the drive has been completely ruined.
You mean wipe it with a cloth?! HRC
Great info. Sounds like you work in the field of data recovery. So you think there is a high probability they recovered these files? I assume that the cyber ninjas would be experts in data recovery and that the idiots who deleted it, did it hastily and did not take any additional measures to prevent the data from being recovered ( if that is possible)
More than likely they already recovered the file. Just take a look at the documentation for the software they are using
https://www.r-studio.com/Data_Recovery_Technician.shtml
Note that the software they use actually takes into account the RAID structure on modern drives. My guess is they will be able to recover over 90% of the data deleted.
Plus, if the data was ever in the SQL DB... it can be found. DB are pretty robust....
There is a 100% probability they could recover any deleted files...
I know. I sent in a HD that was formatted and reinstalled for another person..... they got most of the data back. Pretty impressive, and that was 15 years ago.
I couldn't agree more!
Maybe they had Hillary "wipe" the drive like with a cloth.