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Data Security Issues
E.Can you sanitize a hard drive? If security is a top concern then only certain option is total destruction of the hard drive.
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lIn Jan. 2003 two MIT graduate students purchased 158 used hard drives. 
lOnly 12% were properly sanitized. 
lDiscovered – 5,000 credit card numbers, highly sensitive corporate information, love letters, 9,500 emails, etc.
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