BBC reports that VPN equipment sold for just 99 pence allowed a security expert to access the internal network of Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire. If the council had ensured that the device was properly wiped before disposal, then this would have been impossible. A million British banking customers were sold on eBay through the auction of computer hardware that hadnt been properly wiped last month. Naked Security blogger Graham Cluley blogged about the sale of personal details of a million banking customers being sold.”]
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/who-needs-to-steal-data-when-you-can-buy-it-on-ebay/