Western Digital My Book Live hard drives remotely wiped by hackers

By Habiba Rashid
People are shocked to find out all of their data stored on their Western Digital My Book Live hard drives has been wiped out through a factory reset.
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Is LUKS still an effective option for consumer FDE considering Elcomsoft can break it?

I use Fedora Linux and was recently looking into doing Full Disk Encryption on data drives such as /home on some of my / my family’s PCs. I understand that LUKS security will be partially dependent on having strong passwords and not doing … Continue reading Is LUKS still an effective option for consumer FDE considering Elcomsoft can break it?

High-density hard drive packed with graphene stores 10 times the data

By leveraging the wonder material graphene, a group at the University of Cambridge is claiming an advance in data storage that resembles more of a leap than a step forward. The new design unlocks higher operating temperatures for hard disk drives (HDDs… Continue reading High-density hard drive packed with graphene stores 10 times the data

How to best prevent data recovery on a disk drive without physically destroying it? [duplicate]

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]