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The recommended way of ensuring that data on a hard disk cannot be recovered is to destroy it physically, for example using a hammer, drill or even thermite.
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When physical disk destruction is not an available option, what is the n… Continue reading How to best prevent data recovery on a disk drive without physically destroying it? [duplicate]
I want to return my so called "wearable" I ordered in the past, the smart device is and was never synced or paired with my phone anyway.
Yet, data was generated in the time I had the device. How can I securely erase all informati… Continue reading Securely erasing data from Xiaomi Band Mi 2 (IoT)
The card was a 16gb SanDisk micro SD card (monolithic).
In particular, this applies to small solid state storage media like SD cards small enough to fit on your thumb. I once read that Cerium nitrate dissolved in water can be used to etch hard disk platters but I haven’t actually verified this…. Continue reading Are there any good chemicals for physically destroying storage media?
Imagine you are carrying highly sensitive information with you, maybe on a mission in a war zone. You get in an ambush and quickly need to erase all the files before they fall in the wrong hands. This has to happen within seconds.
Of cours… Continue reading How to destroy the credibility of encrypted information [closed]
My organization has upgraded a few printers and decommissioned the internal SSD hard drives by passing the memory chips through a band saw, cutting each chip into halves, and in some cases tearing whole sections loose from the greenboard.
… Continue reading What degree of physical destruction is sufficient to ensure an SSD is not readable?
Likely the work of APT34, ZeroCleare is bent on destruction and disruption, rather than information-stealing. Continue reading Iran Targets Mideast Oil with ZeroCleare Wiper Malware
“Every file server is lost, every backup server is lost.” Continue reading Attackers Completely Destroy VFEmail’s Secure Mail Infrastructure
In the absence of physical destruction of hard drives including flash and SSD (since they are often re-used in different parts of the business or re-purposed for donation), the hard drives are securely wiped.
There doesn’t appear to be an… Continue reading Do all hard drives support Device Configuration Overlay (DCO) and Host Protected Area (HPA) for data sanitization?
My colleague at work lost the password to his external hard drive (HDD not SSD), a WD Elements. He remembers that his password was simple and 8 characters maximum.
The problem is the encryption software he used will self des… Continue reading Brute forcing encryption password (self destruct after 4 attempts)