Supposedly Destroyed Hard Drive Purchased In Chicago

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

(smaller scale breach, but still made news...)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/wlwt/20060601/lo_wlwt/9303216

A year ago, Henry and Roma Gerbus took their computer to Best Buy in 
Springfield Township to have its hard drive replaced. Henry Gerbus said Best 
Buy assured him the computer's old hard drive -- loaded with personal 
information -- would be destroyed.

"They said rest assured. They drill holes in it so it's useless," said Gerbus.

A few months ago, Gerbus got a phone call from a man in Chicago. "He said, 'My 
name is Ed. I just bought your hard drive for $25 at a flea market in 
Chicago,'" said Gerbus.

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