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Used hard drives on eBay, Craigslist are often still ripe with leftover data
PCWorld Before you throw away that old hard drive, make sure you purge the memory clean. A new study has found that most users are accidentally giving up photos, social security numbers and financial data, by failing to properly delete the files on their … You know how that data breach happened? Three words: eBay, hard drives Two-thirds of used disc drives on Craigslist and eBay contain sensitive data 67 Percent of Used Drives Sold on eBay and Craigslist Hold Personally Identifiable Information and 11 Percent … |
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