Throughout the presidential campaign, John McCain made no secret that he was computer illiterate. Apparently he wasn’t the only one. A reporter from Fox 5 in Washington D.C. attended a sale of items from the former presidential candidate’s campaign headquarters. Among the items for sale were Blackberrys. The reporter bought one for $20, charged it up, and got quite a surprise. The device contained hundreds of emails and over 50 phone numbers, some of which were the private numbers of politicians and journalists!  An excerpt from ZDNet’s report:

Many security researchers choose to prognosticate about malware as being the next big threat vector for mobile devices. Until data retention policies become ubiquitous and can guarantee 100% enforceability, data leakage along these lines will be the primary information security threat centered for mobile systems.

Obviously the McCain campaign is clueless when it comes to compliance and data security!