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Computer Tech Accidentally Wipes Out Info on Alaska's $38 Billion Fund
Adrian Richardson | 22 March 2007
Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing information for an account worth $38 billion (€29 billion). That is what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue.