reports that the man in question was handed the drive, which he assumed was the dead drive that had caused his Mac to fail, at the Apple Store in Stamford, Conneticut.

When he got home and checked the drive to see if any files could be salvaged, he found a complete Apple Retail Store server Time Machine backup disk full of confidential files.

The man, who remains anonymous, told Cult of Mac that the drive contained "confidential docs, internal manuals, Apple's sales technics, an Apple store work checklist, products layout, time schedules, pictures and videos of Apple corporate activities that only Apple employees can see, videos of store meetings, business structure and much much much more."

Interestingly, Cult of Mac claims that the man tried to sell it the drive and provided a number of screenshots as proof of what it contained. Cult of Mac turned the offer down, explaining:

"Our tipster originally approached Cult of Mac in the hopes of selling us the hard drive containing these Time Machine backups, and provided us these screenshots as proof. Cult of Mac does not pay for stories, and especially not things like confidential information or iPhone prototypes.