Кража личности.
Английское ведомство Information Commissioner’s Office выпустила отчет ICO report finds many people becoming a ‘soft touch’ for online fraudsters в котором приводятся данные о пренебрежительном обращении граждан с личной и деловой информацией, которая хранится на жестких дисках, что может привести к "краже личности" или утечкам критически важной информации, если такие данные попадут на "черный рынок".
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An investigation by the ICO found that one in ten second-hand hard drives sold online may contain residual personal information. An ICO survey also found that 65% of British adults now hand on their old phones, computers and laptops to another user, with 44% giving it away to somebody else for free and around one in five (21%) selling it to somebody else.
In total 34,000 files containing personal or corporate information were recovered from the devices. At least two of the hard drives contained enough information to enable someone to steal the former owner’s identity. The residual documents included scanned bank statements, passports, information on previous driving offences, and some medical details. A further four hard drives contained information about the employees and clients of four organisations, including individuals’ health and financial details.
We have also published a survey to coincide with the research project looking at people’s attitudes towards data disposal. The survey shows that 65% of people now hand on their old phones, computers and laptops to another user with 44% giving it away to somebody else for free and around one in five (21%) selling it to somebody else.. This figure rises to 31% of 18 - 24 year olds selling their mobile phone, computer or laptop to somebody else.
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Полная версия отчета в формате pdf лежит здесь, а "сырая информация" по которой проводилась исследование лежит здесь в формате xls.
С рекомендациями по безопасности при использовании накопителей можно ознакомиться здесь.