Data wiping: how second hand devices may be a cybersecurity concern
When selling or disposing of phones and computers, simply deleting personal files or performing factory resets may not be enough to protect our data from hackers.
A study by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky found 90 percent of second-hand devices contained leftover sensitive information, such as passwords, medical files or tax documents.
However there are steps to protect and discard personal data responsibly.
The Wire’s Toni Pankaluic spoke with Ritesh Chugh , an Associate Professor in Information and Communications Technology at Central Queensland University to find out these protective steps as well as exploring the current situation of device data breaching.
That was Associate Professor Ritesh Chugh from Central Queensland University, speaking to The Wire’s Toni Pankaluic.