The external drive was not encrypted, as mandatory, and did not have password protection.

Digital photos are vulnerable and can be lost when computer hard drives fail. But an Australian university student has discovered a state-of-the-art way to keep our memories and files secure.

The Canadian military has confirmed that a hard drive found by a Halifax man at a recycling depot belongs to them. The hard drive was handed over to the military Friday afternoon. It was brought to their attention following an investigation by Global News. READ MORE: Military hard drive containing personal information found by Halifax man...

A hard drive containing information believed to belong to the Canadian Military is sitting in the closet of a Halifax man. He found the hard drive at a recycling depot in Dartmouth almost a year ago.