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		brongondwana on Dec 30, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DigitalOcean leaks customer data between VMs I don't think people care about the idea that a sufficiently advanced attacker with physical access the hardware can restore old data anywhere near as much as they care that the next customer along gets a fully readable copy of your data just handed to them.

jessaustin on Dec 30, 2013 [–]

Yeah if the attacker has physical access there are other, even more awful things he can do.

oakwhiz on Dec 30, 2013 | [–]

The attacker could get physical access at the end of the hardware's life when the hardware is decommissioned and either thrown out, recycled, or sold.

abritishguy on Dec 31, 2013 | | [–]

Industry standard is to shred then recycle.

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