Police raid on Marion County Record underscores digital security threats to media orgs.
Summary
The Marion County Record newsroom in Kansas was raided by police, who seized two cellphones, four computers, a backup hard drive, and reporting materials.
A computer seized was most likely unencrypted. Law enforcement officials hope that devices seized during a raid are unencrypted, as this makes them easier to examine.
Modern iPhones and Android phones are encrypted by default, but older devices may not be.
Desktop computers typically do not have encryption enabled by default, so it is important to turn this on manually.
Use strong random passwords and keep them in a password manager.
During the raid, police seized a single backup hard drive. It is important to have multiple backups of your data in case one is lost or stolen.
You can encrypt USB storage devices using BitLocker To Go on Windows, or Disk Utility on macOS.
All major desktop operating systems support Veracrypt, which can be used to encrypt entire drives.
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“Sorry officers I literally can’t unlock this computer while I’m in your custody. Unless you can find a way to make me want to be here, that is”
“Well then we’ll just torture you”
“Nope, as you can see pain I experience burns this fuse here. Once the fuse is consumed, data begins to progressively degrade”