Tue 25 Sep 2007
Investigation finds 37% of hard drives sold online have traces of personal information on them
Posted by Mysti under IT Information
According to Computerworld, an investigation carried out on behalf of BT has found that of those sampled 37% drives sold online had traces of personal information on them. The sample consisted of 350 drives purchased in online auctions from Australia, the UK, and the US.
Among the data retrieved from these drives were salary details and financial data of specific companies, credit card numbers, medical data, and visa applications.
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To see the original Computerworld article click here.