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Man Buys a “New” SSD, but When He Plugs It In, He Finds 800 GB of Hidden Files Worth Thousands of Dollars

A routine tech purchase has sparked a wider debate on data security after a Reddit user discovered nearly 800GB of software on what was sold as a brand-new 1TB solid-state drive (SSD). The incident ...
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New report blames Phison's pre-release firmware for SSD failures — not Microsoft’s August patch for Windows

The curious case of failing SSDs, following Microsoft’s August security patch for Windows, has once again taken an unexpected turn.