Old Tech Spills Digital Dirt on Past Owners

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Researcher buys old computers, flash drives, phones and hard drives and finds only two properly wiped devices out of 85 examined.

In a test of how well businesses wipe data on old devices, Rapid7 researcher Josh Frantz purchased 85 old gadgets from businesses. In total, he paid $600 for an aging collection of old computers, flash drives, phones and hard drives. What he discovered was that despite decades of the infosec community urging consumers and businesses to properly wipe digital gear ahead of disposal, hardly anybody does.

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