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Microsoft teams up with Western Digital to extract rare earth oxides from decommissioned datacenter hard drives
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Fraudsters seem to target Seagate hard drives in order to pass old, used HDDs as new ones using intricate techniques
Fraudsters exploit Seagate hard drives, resetting SMART data to pass off heavily used HDDs as brand new.
If you've bought an internal Seagate hard drive, beware of the growing refurbished Chia scandal - here's what you need to know
Thousands of high-mileage Seagate HDDs flood the market, with buyers unknowingly purchasing drives used in Chia mining farms as brand new.
