Data Is a Toxic Asset, So Why Not Throw It Out?

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Bruce Schneier. "Data Is a Toxic Asset, So Why Not Throw It Out?" schneier.com, March 2016. Archived at perma.cc/4GZH-WR3D

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Data Is a Toxic Asset, So Why Not Throw It Out? - Schneier on Security

Thefts of personal information aren’t unusual. Every week, thieves break into networks and steal data about people, often tens of millions at a time. Most of the time it’s information that’s needed to commit fraud, as happened in 2015 to Experian and the IRS. Sometimes it’s stolen for purposes of embarrassment or coercion, as in the 2015 cases of Ashley Madison and the U.S. Office of Perso…

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