In April 2010, CBS News ran a story about the relative lack of information security involving digital copiers commonly found in most office settings. (See commentary on The Common Scold.) Working with a security expert, CBS News purchased four used copiers based on price and the number of copies on the meter.

According to the report, the copier hard disk drives were removed and “[scanned] using forensic software [that is] available free on the internet,” and images of documents which had been copied or scanned were found stored on the hard drives.

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