A simple errand to Staples turned into a nightmare for a Southern California woman when her attempt to print some copies resulted in a scary security breach.
She found out the hard way that bringing personal documents to an office store could result in your private information falling into the wrong hands. Deborah, who wanted to be identified by only her first name, used to pop her flash drive into her laptop without a second thought. But not anymore.
She’d dropped off a flash drive holding hundreds of personal documents – some bearing her social security number – to make some copies at a Placentia Staples store. When she picked up her documents, she got a nasty surprise.
“When I finally put it in my computer and opened it up, I said, ‘Oh my god, my files aren’t there! Did they accidentally wipe out my files?'” she said.
The store had apparently mixed-up her drive with someone else’s.
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