Did Fed Lawyer Use Geeks-on-Call to Erase Gov’t Computer Evidence?
Scott Bloch, head of the Office of Special Counsel who has been under investigation for retaliation against employees and failure to investigate whistleblower cases, is under suspicion for using Geeks-on-Call to erase all the files on his office computer last year as well as laptops belonging to two of his former deputies. Bloch claims that he had Geeks-on-Call delete all of his computer files and erase his hard drive because his computer had been seized by a virus. But he apparently bypassed his own agency’s IT department when he brought in the outside geeks to do the clean-up. And, as the Wall Street Journal reports, the receipt for the work makes no mention of a virus. Furthermore, the kind of erase Geeks-on-Call conducted on his computer — a seven-level wipe — is considered excessive for treating a virus. As the head of Geeks-on-Call’s Washington office told the WSJ, “We don’t do a seven-level wipe for a virus.” Such thorough wipes are generally conducted on machines when an indivi
