Well the nightmare that all of us geeks feared the most, happened this morning. I walked into my office and found that it had been broken into. The computers were all taken and the printers, copier and some accessories were also stolen. I had backups of the important files, but a lot of small things are missing, settings, ftp accounts, and the most important thing of all, my privacy.
It will be a couple days before the insurance settles the claim and we can replace the hardware and software, but my worry is that I had passwords and account information available for any trained hacker to find. Sure I had the passwords and I did not save key rings in browsers, but the fact is, it can be found out. I learned a hard lesson. I will be encrypting my hard drive from this time forward. My data will be secure, I will have a call home program installed in case the thieves fire up the system and try to get online.
I would like to here from the geeks out there as to what measures I need to take to make sure that my information is as safe as I can keep it. Let’s hear your feedback. I’ll be back with more news as soon as I get my computers back at the office.