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The 'Hard Disk Crusher' Doesn't Mess Around

2008-05-02 16:42:30 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
This no-nonsense machine from EDR Solutions does exactly what its name says, destroying a hard disk in as little as 10 seconds. "It basically 'drills' through the hard drive's spindles which physically creates ripples in the platters making it impossible to recover any data," OhGizmo says
 
Tags: hard disk, edr solutions, no-nonsense machine, hard drive, ripples, spindles, recover, data, platters
 
 
 
 
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Press takes on the hard drive

2008-06-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473168 in Network World on Security
 
Tales abound of how best to destroy a hard drive. Some organizations remove the disk platters' magnetic coating with a power-sander, others use high-powered metal shredders, and PCs used on military operations may have explosive charges built in to prevent their analysis after capture
 
Tags: hard drive, explosive charges, metal shredders, disk platters, tales abound, organizations remove, military operations, prevent, analysis
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Court Rules that Hashing = Searching

2008-11-05 08:28:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...platters," or disks. To derive the hash values of Crist's computer, the Government physically removed the hard drive from the computer, created a duplicate image of the hard drive without physically invading it, and applied the EnCase program to each compartment, disk, file, folder, and bit.2d Supp. Tr. 18-19. By subjecting the entire...
 
Tags: actual hard drive, hard drive, hard, md5 hash, hash, hash values, warrantless forensic examination, agent, forensic examination
 
 
 
 
 
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