Copy Machines Secretly Stored Thousands of Sensitive Documents for Years
Copy Machines Secretly Stored Thousands of Sensitive Documents for Years

Investigators uncovered that nearly every digital copier built since 2002 has a hidden hard drive storing everything ever scanned, copied, or emailed—SSNs, tax forms, medical records, and even police files.

Machines resold or shipped overseas still had these drives installed, posing a massive national security and privacy threat.

From drug raid targets to cancer diagnoses, no one’s data was safe.