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OCR flags copier vulnerabilities, laptop computers

Almost every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive, like the ones on computers, storing an image of every document copied, scanned, or e-mailed by the machine. This advanced technology has opened a dangerous hole in data security. Used copy machines, which are often resold, can contain lots of sensitive information, including PHI.

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