Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on public housing applicants

Will we pretend that the usage of floppy disks is normal in almost 2022? Or perhaps the news value comes from this fact, but then, they don't make any comment on it... Weird.

I also love that they seem to be taking this seriously, even when it's just 38 people, while all over the world, governments (cough Turkey cough) don't even apologize when they leak the personal details of ALL of their citizens. Well.

Re: Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on public housing applicants

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Post by walrus01 » Thu, Dec 30, 2021, 5:14 PM UTC

Wouldn't it be interesting if the floppy disks lost were 2.88MB and also only commonly readable in japan, where that rare format of drive was very slightly more popular in the mid 1990s.

Re: Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on public housing applicants

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Post by oneplane » Thu, Dec 30, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

aww_dang wrote: post #2

3.5 inch diskettes ?

Maybe the 8" ones? I guess we'll end up creating more questions and not getting any answers any time soon.

You'd think that the duration or lifespan of equipment is written down somewhere, and that when stuff expires it's transferred to a replacement. But even in Japan that doesn't seem to apply to governmental bodies.

Small benefit of this case: it can't be that much data, unless it's a private key to a server that actually contains everything.

Re: Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on public housing applicants

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Post by aww_dang » Thu, Dec 30, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

oneplane wrote: post #8

aww_dang wrote: post #2

3.5 inch diskettes ?

Maybe the 8" ones? I guess we'll end up creating more questions and not getting any answers any time soon. You'd think that the duration or lifespan of equipment is written down somewhere, and that when stuff expires it's transferred to a replacement. But even in Japan that doesn't seem to apply to governmental bodies. Small benefit of this case: it can't be that much data, unless it's a private key to a server that…

Maybe they meant a SD card or USB drive, but translated it as "floppy".

Re: Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on public housing applicants

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Post by spicybright » Thu, Dec 30, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

egeozcan wrote: post #6

Will we pretend that the usage of floppy disks is normal in almost 2022? Or perhaps the news value comes from this fact, but then, they don't make any comment on it... Weird. I also love that they seem to be taking this seriously, even when it's just 38 people, while all over the world, governments (cough Turkey cough) don't even apologize when they leak the personal details of ALL of their citizens. Well.

Why even publish this tbh? I mean it's good they're doing that, but advertising a leak with so few people affected seems weird to me.