Doug Ross @ Journal

Fraudsters use iPods to steal company information

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There are more options for ripping off sensitive data than there are noodles at Johnny Chan's Take-Out joint. All the more reason to ensure that your company's sensitive data is always encrypted at rest.

Anti-fraud experts warned yesterday that the machines, along with other music players, that boast hard drives with up to 20Gbytes of memory, could become widely used by employees to fool security officials and breach data security rules. In one case a recruitment agency found much of its client database had been copied to an iPods's memory and used to defraud the firm.

Guardian: Fraudsters use iPods to steal company information