In The Era of the Data Breach, Pandora’s Box Could be a Flash Drive: eDiscovery Trends

By Doug Austin

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Here’s an interesting pop quiz for you. Which option would you pick?

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You’re waiting for your train. You spot a flash drive on a bench.

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Do you:

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  1. Pick it up and stick it into a device?
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  3. Leave no stone unturned to find the owner, opening text files stored on the drive, clicking on links, and/or sending messages to any email addresses you might find?
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  5. Keep your hands off that thing and away from your devices, given that it could be infested with malware?
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Author

  • Doug Austin

    Doug Austin is the editor and founder of eDiscovery Today and an EDRM Global Advisory Council Leader. Doug is an established eDiscovery thought leader with over 30 years of experience providing eDiscovery best practices, legal technology consulting and technical project management services to numerous commercial and government clients. Doug has published a daily blog since 2010 and has written numerous articles and white papers. He has received the JD Supra Readers Choice Award as the Top eDiscovery Author for 2017 and 2018 and a JD Supra Readers Choice Award as a Top Cybersecurity Author for 2019.

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