Comment by ericbarrett
5 years ago
I agree there's nothing to rule out your theory. Likely we will never know. But then why authorize sharing the story?
Specifically I don't think the owner thought it was likely, just a concern he couldn't shake. Probably he relaxed as soon as the consultant didn't make excuses, and tackled the job—extracting the binary from an unlinked inode is definitely not showing reluctance. Pure speculation, of course.
Hi, author of the blog post. This is correct - keeping PII protected has always been their concern, but recent breaches in thier's and other industries (including some they heard of and were not publicized) made them even more concerned.