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[TonyMcFadden]

More OT, that's not really OT...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/livewire/security-threat/2006/09/06/1157222139479.html


Security threat
September 7, 2006
LiveWire

Criminals are preying on the personal details left lying on discarded computers, writes Louisa Hearn.

BANK details, credit card numbers and pornographic images are just some of the personal details found on hard drives of second-hand computers that changed hands in Australia this year.

Research conducted by Western Australia's Edith Cowan University uncovered "significant volumes of sensitive information" that could expose organisations and individuals to crimes.

The release of the study coincided with a recent BBC report that bank account details belonging to thousands of Britons were being traded in West Africa for $50 each.