The article is likely about the talk "And That's How I Lost My Eye: Exploring Emergency Data Destruction" at DEFCON 19 [1]. A blog post [2] gives a quick overview, and the 50 minute talk [3] is very entertaining. There's no whitepaper, and I couldn't quickly find a more detailed article.
EDIT: yep, it was. You should all watch it, it is most diverting.