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Stories about: data wiping

Data Wiping Myth Put to Rest Several computer forensic experts have tackled the legend that, in order to properly protect it from recovery, data stored on an HDD needs to be overwritten multiple times. According to their scientific study, doing it a single time is enough, despite the countless marketing campaigns that claim otherwise. Secure da... 20 January 2009 03:43 GMT Hammer Your Data Away - Or Not Security researchers and computer experts were baffled to hear that a respectful UK-based computer magazine was advising its readers to smash their old hard drives with a hammer under the pretext of protecting sensitive data. The magazine is careful enough to mention taking the HDDs out of the computer first, but fai... 8 January 2009 11:01 GMT