Security News > 2017 > March > Used devices are a treasure trove of personally identifiable information (Help Net Security)

40 percent of hard drives, mobile phones and tablets resold in publicly-available resale channels contain personally identifiable information (PII), according to an analysis by CPR Tools. While there have been similar studies over the past decade, the recovery process used to locate the data on more than 250 devices for this study was, by design, not sophisticated nor was forensic training required. All methods leveraged downloadable shareware. PII recovered included credit card information, contact information, … More →

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