Hard Drive sold at a flea market instead of being destroyed

After bringing his computer in for an upgrade at his local Best Buy, Henry Gerbus was assured that the old hard drive would be destroyed.

“They said rest assured. They drill holes in it so it’s useless”

But Henry and his wife had a good reason to worry, as a few months later they got a phone call from a man in Chicago.

“He said, ‘My name is Ed. I just bought your hard drive for $25 at a flea market in Chicago,’” said Gerbus. “I thought my world was coming down.”

Through the information left on the hard drive, the man was able to contact Henry. Since personal and sensitive information, such as social security numbers where also left on the hard drive, as a precaution, the couple alerted all the major credit bureaus of the incident, to protect themselves from identity theft.

Best Buy issued the following statement.

“Our company values and places the utmost importance on maintaining the privacy of our customers. We will fully investigate these allegations.”

Source: Yahoo