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'Destroyed' Hard Drive Found At Flea Market

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the geek-squad-dark-sides dept.

Billosaur writes "From Yahoo News comes this tidbit about a couple who got a very shocking phone call. Henry and Roma Gerbus received a phone call from a man named Ed claiming he had purchased their old hard drive at a flea market. They had previously taken their computer to Best Buy to have the hard drive replaced and were told that the store would destroy it. Now it has turned up at a flea market, still containing their personal information, such as bank account numbers and Social Security numbers. The Gerbus' are a little perplexed and are very worried about identity theft."

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  1. SSN? by Ninjaesque+One · · Score: 1, Redundant

    What kind of person has his SSN in a hard drive?

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  2. Trust by delirium+of+disorder · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why would anyone trust Best Buy with their personal data?

    This is not news. I'm surprised big box electronics stores aren't aggregating, sorting, and selling personal information from computers brought in for repairs or replacement. Would anyone hand over paper copies of their private legal and financial records to someone at a retail store? Why would they do the same thing in digital form?

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  3. uh.. who am i? by plasmacutter · · Score: 0, Redundant

    someone has stolen my identity!

    that said.. who am i?!

    (boy I hate improper terminology used to describe fraud by impersonation)

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