Data theft: Difference between revisions

The phrase ''data theft'' is actually a misnomer, since unlike [[theft]] the typical data theft methods typically do not deprive the owner of their data, but rather create an additional, unauthorized copy.

 

Thumbsucking, similar to podslurping, is the intentional or undeliberate use of a portable [[USB mass storage device class|USB mass storage device]], such as a [[USB flash drive]] (or "thumbdrive"), to illicitly download confidential data from a network endpoint.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thumbsuckingthreat.com/index.html |title=Do you know who is sucking data from your computer? |accessdate=15 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819080552/http://www.thumbsuckingthreat.com/index.html |archivedate=August 19, 2007 }}</ref>

 

Techniques to investigate data theft include [[stochastic forensics]], [[digital artifact]] analysis (especially of [[USB flash drive|USB drive]] artifacts), and other [[computer forensics]] techniques.

 

In some countries this term is incorrect because it is considered that theft is of a thing (material object) and [[information]] is not a thing. <ref>[http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/105000-109999/109481/texactley340_libroIII_tituloI.htm Código civil Argentino art. 2311]</ref> <ref>[http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/15000-19999/16546/texact.htm Código penal Argentino art. 164]</ref>