An SSD storage medium with tens of thousands of citizen data from the vehicle registration office and the youth welfare office of the city of Coburg has been offered for sale on the online platform eBay. As the IT magazine "c't" reports, the SSD, which was sold as new, contained not only unencrypted personal data from citizens, but also internal e-mails from the authorities.
"Our reader was astonished when the allegedly new SSD from the eBay retailer stuffed with official files ended up in his mailbox," said Georg Schnurer, chief of the magazine's service. The latter immediately contacted the "c't" editorial team, which was investigating the matter.
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An SSD storage medium with tens of thousands of citizen data from the vehicle registration office and the youth welfare office of the city of Coburg has been offered for sale on the online platform eBay. As the IT magazine "c't" reports, the SSD, which was sold as new, contained not only unencrypted personal data from citizens, but also internal e-mails from the authorities.
"Our reader was astonished when the allegedly new SSD from the eBay retailer stuffed with official files ended up in his mailbox," said Georg Schnurer, chief of the magazine's service. The latter immediately contacted the "c't" editorial team, which was investigating the matter.