Rhode Island’s Providence Public Schools (PPSD) district has allegedly fallen victim to a major ransomware attack.The cybercriminal group, Medusa, is reportedly demanding a ransom of $1 million and claims to have stolen 201.4 GB of sensitive data, including financial...

Your hard drive’s malfunctioning, and you’re pretty sure it’s an issue with the electronics. Can you simply swap out the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with an identical model?No, for several reasons. First and foremost, finding a truly identical replacement...

Microsoft is using automation to reduce electronic waste (e-waste) — by disassembling hard drives onsite at data centers.  “We believe that we can improve our current waste reduction efforts and take an innovative approach inspired by the concept of circularity,”...

You’re getting a new computer, or just replacing your hard disk drive (HDD) with a solid-state drive. What do you do with your old storage media?  This is one of the most common questions we receive — and it’s an...

Before performing logical data recovery procedures on a hard disk drive (HDD), engineers always create a complete clone or image of the drive.This is an essential step: Without a clone/image, data recovery processes — even when carried out properly...

Subject: Microsoft account security code From: Microsoft account team  Your single-use code is: ******* If you didn’t request this code, you can safely ignore this email. Someone else might have typed your email address by mistake. Thanks, The Microsoft account...

With their lightning-fast speeds and exceptional durability, solid-state drives (SSDs) are quickly replacing traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) in many applications. In fact, the SSD market is projected to reach a valuation exceeding $125 billion by 2026, though the...

Hard drives aren’t going anywhere anytime soon — at least, in enterprise applications. Data centers need inexpensive, reliable storage, and hard disk drives (HDD) provide that value.  But that doesn’t mean that speed isn’t important. While hard drives continue to...

A hard drive voice coil is a type of linear motor consisting of a coil of wire suspended within a strong magnetic field. When an electrical current passes through the coil, it interacts with the magnetic field, generating a force...

A zero-day exploit refers to any cyberattack that uses an unaddressed attack vector.  For example, Microsoft Windows operating systems are regularly patched to address potentially serious security issues — and as soon as those issues are discovered, Microsoft has “zero...