A Fox television affiliate in Washington, D.C., reports that it was able to purchase a BlackBerry from a fire sale at a McCain campaign headquarters for a mere $20. Wiping a BlackBerry is actually fairly simple for most models. Make sure you’ve cleaned up the drives and flash memory of your old PCs, laptops and handhelds thoroughly before you put them up for sale. Even if your day-to-day activities don’t seem as sensitive as those of a political campaign, you have secrets worth protecting.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2123505/mccain-campaign-blackberry-yields-sensitive-data.html