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About 300 second hand computer hard disks were bought by researchers wanting to find out how well people protected sensitive data when they got rid of their old hardware.
Two of the drives were suspected of containing “potential paedophile” material, said Andy Jones, head of technology research at BT’s security research centre. The drives, one found in Australia and one in Britain, were handed over to the police.
Disk drive researchers turn up IDs, child porn