According to The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, the last potential* data breach that involved a cell phone was September 29, 2017.
2017 ! ! !
Here are the details:
“What Happened?
On July 29, 2017, a partner’s pin protected cell phone was stolen from his person. Upon the robbery, the partner’s work account log-in information was changed and his email account was instructed to remotely delete from his phone immediately when connecting to the internet.
While there is currently no evidence of data viewing or exfiltration of client information, we wanted to notify you of the incident because the email account was accessible from the phone.
What Information Was Involved?Potentially any emails and attachments exchanged with
removed@removed. This information may have included your Social Security number.”Information Source: California Attorney General https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-101725
What does that mean to your recycling efforts?
It means that the potential for you or your company to lose data by recycling your smart phones, android phones, or iPhones is very small.
Cells for Cells has been recycling old and broken and blighted cell phones since 2007. We are good at what we do.
