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· Dallas, TX

Investigation finds 20.68 terabytes of Dallas police data permanently lost

An independent investigation by Kirkland & Ellis LLP found that a backup technician’s errors during a server migration caused the permanent loss of approximately 20.68 terabytes of Dallas Police Department data. The data included family violence and FUSION records. Only 3.26 terabytes were recovered from other sources. The report states the data is unrecoverable in its original format. The technician deleted archived data from cloud storage after incorrectly copying placeholder files to on-premises servers.

Also in Dallas, TX

3 entries over 2 yr 8 mo, oldest first. The gap is the time since the previous one.

  1. Dallas Police Accidentally Delete 8 Terabytes of Case Files During Migration
  2. +10 monthsInvestigation finds 20.68 terabytes of Dallas police data permanently lost this entry
  3. +1 yr 10 moDallas County DA: Deletion of Dallas police body cam video could affect 'thousands of cases'

Sources

  1. Report to the City of Dallas March 2021 Data Loss Incident — Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Feb 10, 2022 (s3.documentcloud.org)

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