Head parking ramps are small, static plastic guides located near the outer edge of a hard disk drive (HDD) platter that provide a safe resting area for the read/write heads when the drive is powered down or idle.  By physically...

A developer’s simple request to clear a cache resulted in the total loss of a hard drive partition after Google’s experimental Antigravity AI agent executed the wrong command.  The incident, which is currently going semi-viral on Reddit, has an important...

Cryptocurrency scams rely on social engineering, technical deception, and urgency to steal assets that are designed to be difficult to recover. Even if you think that you’re too smart to get scammed, you’re susceptible. We’ve worked with hundreds of individuals...

Recovering access to Dogecoin is often possible provided the underlying data — the wallet.dat file, a seed phrase, or a private key — still exists in some form. Losing a password, suffering a hard drive crash, or finding yourself unable...

Happy Thanksgiving from Datarecovery.com. While you are enjoying time with family and friends, the last thing you want to worry about is data loss — but we can say with certainty that some people will lose their files this weekend....

Akira is a sophisticated, human-operated Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation that targets both Windows and Linux systems. It frequently exploits vulnerabilities in Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to encrypt critical data and exfiltrate sensitive files for double extortion.  If you have discovered files...

Bit rot (also known as data decay, data rot, or silent corruption) is the slow, gradual deterioration of a storage medium that causes individual bits of data to flip from 0 to 1 or vice versa. Bit rot occurs at...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has taken decisive action against the financial infrastructure fueling the global ransomware epidemic.  Per AP News, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Russian national Sergey Ivanov and the payment processor...

If you’re hoping to store digital data on a standard hard disk drive (HDD) for a century, the short answer is no. While most hard drives have an expected lifespan of three to five years with regular use, even a...

A new USB device is attracting attention for offering a “military-grade” solution to a common problem: How to permanently erase sensitive data from a hard drive.  The device appears to be the sole offering of the brand DESTRUCT, which claims...