Fraudsters seem to target Seagate hard drives in order to pass old, used HDDs as new ones using intricate techniques
Seagate Exos and IronWolf Pro HDDs are prime targets for scammers Scammers alter QR codes and even drive serial numbers ...
The truth about PC gaming on SSDs vs. HDDs, tested with real data
If you're still gaming on an HDD in 2025, it's time to level up to an SSD. I did some testing with modern games to show how ...
Network World11d
More used Seagate HDDs disguised as new: Fraudsters make it tough to spot the difference
Investigators report that fraudsters are now modifying HDD serial numbers to further legitimize the used products as new.
Beyond 100TB, here's how Western Digital is betting on heat dot magnetic recording to reach the storage skies
Western Digital and Sandisk have begun the process of splitting into separate companies, with the former focused on HDD and ...
Has Seagate scored a game-changing deal? World's largest HDD vendor buys HAMR company, critical to 100TB HDD goal
Seagate is set to buy a specialist in HAMR HDD production, a move which will be bad news for rivals Western Digital and ...
Seagate HDD fraud also includes IronWolf Pro lineup, more details uncovered
Last week, a Heise investigation found that a fraud scam in volving Seagate Exos HDDs is more widespread than it initially thought. Based on emails received ...
Seagate's fraudulent HDD scandal expands: IronWolf Pro hard drives reportedly also affected
Seagate has acknowledged the problem, stating that fraudulent practices involving IronWolf-series drives are not new. The ...
Windows Report11d
Thanks to the new KB5052093 patch, Windows 11 will no longer mistake HDDs for SSDs
KB5052093 is now out, and it brings many fixed to an array of issues in Windows 11, including one for an apparently innocent ...
The Register on MSN11d
Hundreds of Dutch medical records bought for pocket change at flea market
Robert Polet, a 62-year-old techie and apparent bargain hunter from Breda, a city in the southern part of the Netherlands, inadvertently happened upon a 15GB trove of sensitive medical records after ...
Morningstar6d
Western Digital Emerges as a Stand-Alone Hard Disk Drive Company
Western Digital is a leader in the hard disk drive market. HDDs have become a concentrated market, with only three players remaining: Western Digital, Seagate, and Toshiba. Seagate and Western ...
Liliputing11d
LincStation S1 NAS has an Intel 97 processor and supports 4 HDDs and 2 SSDs (crowdfunding)
The LincStation S1 measures 195 x 156 x 231mm (7.7″ x 6.1″ x 9.1″) and features a 12-watt Intel N97 quad-core processor based ...