> and large corporations that dump 3000 machines assume they have been destroyed

You clearly did not read, or comprehend, the quote you just pasted in here. This is someone committing fraud against the companies paying them to destroy decommissioned computer systems, something they may be legally obligated to do for compliance reasons. They're trying to make a buck on the backend instead of doing what their customers paid them to do.

I read, and comprehended the article, did you?

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