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Sketchy deals on eBay and other online marketplaces happen all the time. Encountering counterfeit, stolen, broken, or falsely advertised goods sold by third parties isn't surprising, but finding something that was stolen from you is.
That's reportedly what happened to an employee at the software company SAP. According to a report from The Register on Wednesday, the employee found one of four SSDs recently stolen from SAP data centers in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, for sale on eBay. According to unnamed "sources close to the incident," the device was loaded with personal information for dozens of workers.
"One of the disks later turned up on eBay and was bought by an SAP employee. They were able to identify that it belonged to SAP. The disk contained personal records of 100 or more SAP employees," The Register reported.
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Enlarge (credit: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Sketchy deals on eBay and other online marketplaces happen all the time. Encountering counterfeit, stolen, broken, or falsely advertised goods sold by third parties isn't surprising, but finding something that was stolen from you is.
That's reportedly what happened to an employee at the software company SAP. According to a report from The Register on Wednesday, the employee found one of four SSDs recently stolen from SAP data centers in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, for sale on eBay. According to unnamed "sources close to the incident," the device was loaded with personal information for dozens of workers.
"One of the disks later turned up on eBay and was bought by an SAP employee. They were able to identify that it belonged to SAP. The disk contained personal records of 100 or more SAP employees," The Register reported.
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June 24, 2023 at 02:35AM
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