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Xbox Content Deletion Kicks Off Tomorrow

This is your last chance to get your backups done.

For some of you Xbox players, you might have been keen on making screenshots and video clips to store on your account. It's a great way to showcase some memorable moments and highlight some accomplishments during your gaming escapades. However, if you keep those clips and images stored on your Xbox account, you might need to hurry up and prepare a backup. Tomorrow, Microsoft is kicking off its new policy, which would only allow Xbox player content to be stored on your account for a total of ninety days. 

Thanks to Insider Gaming, we're getting a reminder that this new policy is taking effect tomorrow, January 9, 2024. This will start the new process that would allow content to be available on your Xbox account for a total of ninety days. Afterwards, the content will be deleted. It's unfortunate if you relied on your account to keep your storage intact. Regardless, if you haven't already made a backup, you don't have much time now. There are means to backup your content both in the cloud or through an external storage drive. So, if you haven't already done so, you have today to get the job done. 

This will hopefully ease up on the resources for Microsoft as well. But much like Insider Gaming noted, we don't know if this mass deletion will occur all at once. Tomorrow could come, and all the stored content might be removed entirely. Meanwhile, there's always the chance that some content will be deleted in waves. In that case, your content might be around for a bit longer, but it's uncertain just how long you'll have the content accessible.

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So it's best to just get through the backup process today ahead of the new policy. Likewise, this is a good reminder for those who start saving their content tomorrow. You'll have a few months to enjoy it on your Xbox account before Microsoft removes it. Those of you who wish to keep those memories alive and view them at your leisure will want to ensure you make backups regularly. Hopefully, none of your cherished clips or screenshots are taken out before you manage to get them stored on the cloud or an external storage drive.

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If you're looking for an official guide on how to back up your captures, then you can view Microsoft Xbox's post right here. This will show you how to keep your content through various mediums such as the OneDrive cloud storage service.

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Police Evidence Logs, Pa. Pension Plan Info Being Restored After State Data Deletion

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This story was updated at 5:40 p.M. Wednesday with additional information from the Pa. State Police.

Efforts to restore thousands of lost evidence logs and other data from the Pennsylvania State Police crime labs continues, according to a spokesman for the agency.

The data re-entry is being done both manually and through automation by lab personnel to ensure its accuracy and compliance with accreditation standards, said state police spokesman Myles Snyder. He further reiterated that the physical evidence held by the crime labs remains secure and was never compromised.

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Gov. Josh Shapiro's Administration Blames 'human Error' For Deletion Of State Police Records

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HARRISBURG — Thousands of records, including evidence logs from the Pennsylvania State Police's crime labs, were accidentally deleted from state servers at the start of the year — the result of "human error," Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration said.

Though the majority of records have been restored, according to administration officials, it is not clear — nor certain — whether the remainder can be recovered.

The data was housed on servers managed by Shapiro's Office of Administration, which oversees information technology services for most state agencies. Its spokesperson, Dan Egan, said in an emailed statement the data loss, which occurred on Jan. 3 during routine server maintenance, was "limited." But he also said the office had launched "a thorough review" of its information technology policies and controls.

At least one Office of Administration employee was fired over the incident, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

In an email, state police spokesperson Myles Snyder said the data mishap impacted two programs used by its Bureau of Forensic Services to log evidence and manage those submissions. The bureau operates six forensic labs and one DNA lab which collectively process crime-related evidence from hundreds of local police departments across the state.

Snyder said the Office of Administration has been able to restore access to "nearly all" of that information. He stressed that no physical evidence was lost.

One local law enforcement official who asked to remain anonymous told Spotlight PA that the data still missing involves evidence logs for more recent crimes — a loss that could affect how those cases are prosecuted in the future. That is because those logs document what is known in law enforcement circles as the chain of custody, or details on the time and place evidence was collected, who handled it, and where it was sent for analysis.

The association representing Pennsylvania's district attorneys did not respond to a request for comment. The association representing police chiefs in the state could not be reached for comment.

Shapiro's office referred questions on the matter to the Office of Administration and State Police.

Snyder said the State Police alerted district attorneys and other law enforcement officials of the data loss on Jan. 11, and another letter with updates was sent to them on Monday. Spotlight PA has requested a copy of the letter.

Also on Monday, Shapiro administration officials separately briefed legislative leaders on the matter.

The accidental data erasure, first reported by PennLive, affected at least one other state agency: the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System (SERS).

There, sign-in data that allowed users to log into the system to review their pension and other benefits was lost, according to SERS' website. Those people will now have to reset their personal identification numbers.

"No pension or other retirement benefit data was impacted," PSERS's website states.

Pennsylvania's Office of Administration, which falls under the governor's jurisdiction, is responsible for a broad swath of services, among them, overseeing information technology policies, standards, guidelines, and security for most state agencies.

In 2017, as a cost-saving move amid budget problems, former Gov. Tom Wolf directed the consolidation of information technology across state agencies. Before that, many state agencies had their own IT staff and offices.

This story may be updated.

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