On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:22 PM, PeterK <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Records of 4.9 mln stolen from car in Texas data breach | Reuters
>
> The tapes went missing on September 14 when they were "*among items stolen
> from an employee's car* in San Antonio," SAIC spokesman Vernon Guidry told
> Reuters.
>
> They were in the car, he said, because they were "being transferred from
> one
> federal facility to another in compliance with the terms of their
> contract."
>


Temperatures in San Antonio, 9/14/11

MAXIMUM         99R   344 PM
MINIMUM         74    527 AM
AVERAGE         87

The "R" indicates it was rising at 344pm, so the temperature in a closed car
would be substantially higher.

On seemingly mild days, an enclosed car can be deadly. In a Stanford
University study, when it was 72 degrees outside, a car’s internal
temperature climbed to 116 degrees within one hour. When it was 80 degrees
outside, the temperature inside a car rose to 99 degrees in 10 minutes and
109 degrees in 20 minutes.

Magnetic tape needs to be maintained at constant humidity and temperature
levels to avoid degradation... the article said this move was happening to
comply with the contract for what were presumably Federal records.  If this
is true, 36CFR 1236.28 states storage media is to be kept at 62-68 degrees F
and 35-45% humidity.

So... HEY!! it may not matter, they may have all been destroyed anyway!!

Larry
-- 
*Lawrence J. Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972*

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