In our lifetime, most of us have experienced loss, which may
or may not have had a significant impact on us. On the other hand, if you
haven’t experienced such an event, then you are one of the few lucky ones out
there. However, for the most of us we know how it feels. First, you begin to
panic and start searching for your valuable item, followed by a wave of
desperation which can churn up your stomach – a feeling that’s quite easy to
recall. However, one such incident of Laptop Theft has even captured the
attention of local media – involving theft of a laptop which had 5 years of PHD
thesis research saved on it. Consequently, a Rutgers PHD student who had his
laptop stolen was not concerned about losing the actual laptop – it was the
data on his stolen laptop – a thesis on his PHD degree on which he worked for
over 5 years to write. After realizing that if he is unable to get that data
back, he won’t be able to graduate, he decided to take drastic action against
getting his data back.
As a result, he decided to offer the thief a reward of $1000
plus dollars in return for his thesis. According to Logan Westwood, data
security strategist for New Software’s.net, an information security
organization dedicated to preventing data leaks and data theft, pinpoints that
the victim should have encrypted his thesis and then should of made a backup of
that encrypted folder. According to Westwood, he’s not surprised about the
nature of the theft. Every year, millions of laptops are stolen which contain
sensitive unsecured data, which end up resulting in lost revenues for
companies, identity fraud of victims, and even crimes committed in the victims’
names.
Westwood further emphasizes the need to lock folders which
contain data such as thesis or other confidential documents, so that potential
plagiarizers are not able to steal credit for such work.
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