Highly Sensitive Business Data Bought on the Internet for £5

Laptops and computer disks bought over the internet could put employers at risk of breaching data protection legislation, Pointsec Mobile Technologies has warned.

The warning follows research carried out by the IT security experts, which looked at how easy it is for "21st century robbers, opportunists and perpetrators" to access highly sensitive and valuable business information from lost laptops and harddrives.

As part of the research, Pointsec purchased 100 drives and laptops as spare a... (351 more words)

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