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20% of discarded phones have sensitive data
All of us have a few old mobile phones lying around , seemingly harmless but 20% of 2nd-hand Mobile Phones Contain Sensitive Information
New research from BT, the University of Glamorgan in Wales and Edith Cowan University in Australia has revealed that a significant number of mobile phones which are bought second-hand still contain sensitive company and personal information.
The major culprit are smartphones including Blackberry. Some information found include banking details, details of board meetings, personal medical details. In one example, a Blackberry was examined that had been used by the sales director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) of a major Japanese corporation. It was possible to recover the call history, the address book, the diary and the email messages from the device. – Scary stuff indeed.
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