Hugh said "Wars were fought with infantry not computer hackers."

Hugh, the last two World Wars were fought with both (assuming you're willing to consider the WW I cipher-breakers as equivalent to hackers).

Espionage has been around since recorded history (pun intended). See story of Ramses II victory at Megiddo (origin of "Armageddon") and biblical account of the spies Moses and Aaron sent into Canaanite territory.

And, of course, the scribes of Sumer and Egypt were also the records managers of their day.

I would be inclined to say that spoliation as a punishable offense may be a new concept, but perhaps another listserver will correct me on that.

Best regards.


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Sent: Mon Feb 16 18:27:50 2009
Subject: Re: [RM] RAIN - Sign of the Times

On Feb 16, 2009, at 12:00 AM, RECMGMT-L automatic digest system wrote:

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> Topics of the day:
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>   1. RAIN 20090204 Espionage, spoliation, wiped, data losses

I remember when about 1 in 4 or less were of interest to me. Now it  
is the reverse. 3 out 4 are of interest at they seem to deal with  
topics where vaulting could have played a role in stopping espionage  
or stolen data. Spoliation could have been prevented.

Security is still a strong industry even in light of the economy.   
Companies will still spend money to prevent risk exposures from  
putting them out of business.

It would be interesting to look at a RAIN of 7 years ago and compare  
it against todays posts.  I bet they would be vastly different  
subject matter.  Shoot, I must be old because I can remember when you  
didn't read about data theft at all. Espionage was in fiction novels  
not real life headlines.

Wars were fought with infantry not computer hackers.

Hugh Smith
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