Mar. 21st, 2007

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From USA Today: Computer tech wipes out info on $38B fund

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroy hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disc drive containing an account worth $38 billion.

That's what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account — one of Alaska residents' biggest perks — and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well.

There was still hope, until the department discovered its third line of defense, backup tapes, were unreadable.

You can read the rest here.

Losing a vid-in-progress just doesn't seem so traumatic, now....

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