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Second-hand hard disk reveal company secrets
21/09/2007 by swordfish.
New research reveals that more than a third of hard disks which are bought second-hand still contain sensitive company and personal information.
Researchers from BT and the University of Glamorgan purchased 300 second-hand hard disks in the UK, Australia, North America and Germany and analysed them to see what data could be recovered. They found salary details, financial company data, bank and credit accounts, medical information, pornography, visa applications and on-line purchasing records.
In total the researchers found over 37% of the hard disks still contained recoverable personal data - a 3% increase on last year’s research - indicating that organisations and individuals still aren’t effectively wiping their disks before disposing of them.
At QBS PC Help we have always recommended that old hard drives are securely wiped before being sold or disposed of - see our PC Hard Drive Data Erasure article for more information on this subject.
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