Warning: Refomatting a hard drive could cost billions

I just happened upon a news story that I apparently overlooked. It's now 3 months old, but it's still fascinating.

Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing information for an account worth $38 billion (€29 billion). That is what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account — one of Alaska residents' biggest perks — and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well....

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[deon]

As you mentioned lot of care should be taken while handling this kind of documents.. Although hard copies are best in this type, using hard copies is some what nonsense in this technological developed world.. So only way is to be very careful..
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