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Re:U.S. Embassy in Kabul Tells Staff to Destroy Sensitive Ma... by gruez on Friday August 13, 2021 @06:08PM (#28175229)
I'd assume that all the computers/hard drives have FDE on them, so wiping the headers/keys would suffice to make the entire disk unreadable.
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Re:U.S. Embassy in Kabul Tells Staff to Destroy Sensitive Ma... by FooHentai on Friday August 13, 2021 @06:43PM (#28175714)
Not an acceptable method of sanitation above certain classification levels, only physical destruction of the medium is sufficient.

There are shredders and V-shaped vice/press devices built for this purpose and such facilities will have them ready and waiting to be used.

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Re:U.S. Embassy in Kabul Tells Staff to Destroy Sensitive Ma... by throwaway0a5e on Friday August 13, 2021 @06:09PM (#28175256)
Yup, anything sensitive should be encrypted but defense in depth is the name of the game.
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