Seagate Responds To Misrepresented Used Hard Disk Drive Sales
Some online sites are selling used Seagate nearline HDDs as new with reset SMART logs.  Users should buy from Seagate ...
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Your ‘new’ Seagate data center hard drive is likely a used one
A recent investigation by German news portal Heise has uncovered that used Seagate data center-grade hard drives, originating ...
Largest desktop hard drive ever breaks another record; 28TB Seagate Expansion desktop hard drive has lowest Terabyte cost I've seen in 2025
STKP28000400 is a 28TB desktop hard drive from Seagate's popular Expansion family It includes Seagate's Data rescue service ...
Seagate smashes largest HDD world record with 36TB hard drive and reveals a 60TB model is coming
Launch of 36TB Exos M happens a month after a new 32TB model emerged Seagate is now comfortably ahead of arch-rival Western Digital For the first time, 10TB-per-platter technology has also been ...
Used Seagate drives sold as new traced back to crypto mining farms
The first reports of affected drives surfaced in January, when consumers noticed inconsistencies in supposedly new Seagate Exos disk drives used in data centers. The issue ...
Seagate Introduces 36TB HAMR Hard Disk Drives
Seagate announced that they are shipping 36TB HAMR evaluation drives to customers. A study shows AI will drive demand for storage solutions, such as these.
Seagate's fraudulent hard drives scandal deepens as clues point at Chinese Chia mining farms
Over 200 reports of affected HDDs have surfaced worldwide, including cases in Europe, Australia, Thailand, and Japan. The ...
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Global hardware scam: 'brand new' Seagate hard drives exposed as used mining equipment
Recent investigations in Germany have revealed that used Seagate hard drives have been repackaged and sold as brand new, with ...
Hard disk fraud: More programs, detection methods for other manufacturers
Used Seagate hard disks can be unmasked using smartmontools, other programmers are following suit. We also have tips for ...
Seagate responds to fraudulent hard drives scandal, says resellers should only buy from certified partners
Seagate says it had nothing to do with used hard drives fraudulently sold as new ones, and recommends resellers to only buy ...
Fraud with Seagate hard disks: Dozens of readers report suspected cases
One of our readers noticed an inconsistency with new hard disks – this indicated a scam. Almost 50 other readers have the same problem.