Erase Your Hard Drives Before Selling Them
Spyware August 27th, 2008Sounds like a no-brainer, but it’s a lesson that some large companies still have to learn.
IT manager Andrew Chapman purchased a used drive on eBay, for just 77 British pounds, only to find that it contained the financial history and information for several million people, customers of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and its subsidiary, Natwest. Luckily for them, Chapman had their best interests at heart and reported the problem, rather than selling or using the information.
According to Evan at the Breach Blog:
The University of Glamorgan conducted research about hard drives bought on eBay that contained sensitive information and published their findings in September 2007. If people don’t think that criminals are buying hard drives on eBay, searching for sensitive information (personal information, health information, corporate secrets, intellectual property, etc.), then they are deluded
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Erase Your Hard Drives Before Selling Them
