{"id":371,"date":"2025-11-19T19:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:56:17","slug":"dont-let-cyber-deals-turn-into-data-disasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/dont-let-cyber-deals-turn-into-data-disasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Let Cyber Deals Turn Into Data Disasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b><i>Black Friday means big deals \u2014 and big risks.<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As shoppers rush to score discounts online, cybercriminals ramp up their efforts to steal personal and business data. At <\/span><b>Ship-n-Destroy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we know how quickly old drives, backup tapes, and devices can become a hacker\u2019s treasure trove.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a few <\/span><b>Black Friday security tips<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to keep your data safe this season:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Think before you click.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Only shop on verified websites and avoid email links that look \u201ctoo good to be true.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Retire old tech properly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Don\u2019t just toss outdated laptops, external drives, or USBs \u2014 they often contain sensitive data.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Destroy before you donate.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wiping isn\u2019t enough; ensure your media is physically destroyed and certified.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s where Ship-n-Destroy comes in.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Our <\/span><b>secure mail-in destruction service<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lets you safely ship hard drives, backup tapes, or other storage media for certified destruction \u2014 with full chain-of-custody tracking and a <\/span><b>Certificate of Destruction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for compliance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the recent expansion of our services into Maine through the <\/span><b>Secure RMS acquisition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, businesses across New England now have faster, more convenient access to reliable data destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This holiday season, shop smart \u2014 and <\/span><b>destroy smarter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udd12 Order your secure destruction kit today at <\/span><b>Ship-n-Destroy.com<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Friday means big deals \u2014 and big risks. As shoppers rush to score discounts online, cybercriminals ramp up their efforts to steal personal and business data. At Ship-n-Destroy, we know how quickly old drives, backup tapes, and devices can become a hacker\u2019s treasure trove. Here are a few Black Friday security tips to keep &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/dont-let-cyber-deals-turn-into-data-disasters\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions\/372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}