Social Security Numbers, financial data, CVs and more
28 Jun 2016 at 16:20, John LeydenUsers are unwittingly selling sensitive and unencrypted data alongside their devices through the likes of eBay and Craigslist.
Secure data erasure firm Blancco Technology Group (BTG) purchased 200 second-hand hard disk drives and solid state drives before conducting a forensic analysis to find out what data was recoverable. Two-thirds (67 per cent) contained personally identifiable information and 11 per cent contained sensitive company information, it said. The data found includes social security numbers, CVs, company emails, CRM records, spreadsheets containing sales projections and product inventories.
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