How to Recover a Lost Cryptocurrency Wallet

Recovering a lost cryptocurrency wallet depends entirely on whether you have your seed phrase. This 12 to 24-word phrase is the master key to your assets, and if you have it, the recovery process is generally straightforward.  If you have...
August 20, 2025

Windows 11 Patch May Break SSDs: What to Know

A recent pair of Windows security updates may cause data loss for some users.  The updates, KB5063878 and KB5062660, appear to impact computers with solid state drives (SSDs). KB5063878, which was released on August 12, 2025, seems linked to more...
August 19, 2025

Cryptocurrency Blind Signing: Avoid Scams 

Blind signing is the practice of signing a smart contract without fully understanding its contents. It’s one of the most common tools for cryptocurrency scammers — and if you lose your crypto due to blind signing, you don’t have much...
August 18, 2025

How Is Ransomware Data Recovery Possible?

You’re dealing with a ransomware infection. Is there any chance of recovery?  That depends on the type of ransomware (or variant) and its sophistication. However, as bad actors have become more capable, so have cryptanalysts — and we’ve successfully restored...
August 12, 2025

Corsair Extreme SSD Data Recovery

The solid-state drive (SSD) market continues to evolve, but many older SSD models remain in service. The Corsair Extreme series, launched over a decade ago, was an especially popular model — and we still receive Corsair Extreme drives regularly at...
April 29, 2025

Bitcoin Seed Phrase Recovery

Losing access to a Bitcoin seed phrase usually means that you’ve lost access to valuable digital assets (and if you haven’t had access to the crypto wallet for quite a while, the value of those assets might be very high)....
April 28, 2025

Potential Scam Alert: ZTSJM Cryptocurrency Exchange Withholds Funds from Legitimate Accounts

ZTSJM, a cryptocurrency exchange, appears to be withholding funds from certain users. One of those users has contacted Datarecovery.com, which is in the process of investigating the alleged incident.  According to documentation provided by the user, ZTSJM has refused to...
March 28, 2025

FBI Warning: Ghost Ransomware Targets Multiple Sectors

FBI/CISA warn that Chinese Ghost ransomware actors are exploiting vulnerabilities in Adobe, Microsoft, and Fortinet products.
February 21, 2025

How Can You Tell if a Hard Drive is Used?

You’ve just bought a new hard drive — or did you?  On February 8th, Seagate responded to reports that Exos hard drives were being sold with S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) values reset, effectively making the used hard drives...
February 10, 2025

Brain Cipher Ransomware Group: Tactics, Targets and Solutions

The Brain Cipher ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that has built a reputation for its aggressive tactics and high-profile targets. In June 2024, Bleeping Computer reported that the group was behind an attack on Indonesia’s temporary National...
February 4, 2025