Sensitive Dutch Medical Records Bought in Bulk at Flea Market in the Netherlands

A bargain hunter from the Netherlands stumbled upon a trove of sensitive medical records on a bunch of hard drives he bought from a local flea market.

Salvaged sensitive data from scrapped hardware

A man from the Dutch city of Breda unwittingly stumbled upon a trove of sensitive medical records belonging to Dutch citizens while thrifting for used hard drives.

62-year-old Robert Polet made the discovery after buying five 500GB hard drives for €5 (roughly $5.21) each and setting them up to exp