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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
William J. Dalzell, Parrish, FL (US);
Scott G. Fleischman, Palmetto, FL (US);
James L. Tucker, Clearwater, FL (US);
William J. Dalzell, Parrish, FL (US);
Scott G. Fleischman, Palmetto, FL (US);
James L. Tucker, Clearwater, FL (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and system for destroying information stored on a data storage device located onboard a vehicle in order to prevent unfriendly forces from obtaining the information is described. The method and system are initiated when the operator of the vehicle activates a triggering mechanism. The information may be destroyed by physically damaging the data storage device on which the information is stored or by releasing a software virus into the device on which the sensitive information is stored. A software virus may also be transmitted to a computer of an unfriendly force attempting to access the sensitive information.