Facepalm: Unscrupulous resellers are still trying to hack the seagate hard drive as the new of the brand. After tampering with the smart system, the fraudsters have found a new way to clean the use logs and show the wearing-out drive as new. Users can still protect themselves from this scam but should be cautious. This is still a major problem that is not going away.
The recent update report of Hees Online found that fraudsters are still finding ways to pass the seagate hard disk drive used as new. The emails of fraud buyers who shared their unfortunate purchase experience have not ended as Haze exposed the cheating weeks before. The only change is that scammers are now aware of their tail-tile mistakes and have developed a new way for fake use data.
The original method discovered earlier this year included several tricks for the fake use log and the drive new. As hez reported, field accessible reliability, analyzing the metrics (form) values, removes reuse. Now, the miscreants have worked on how to change these deeply sitting analytical numbers.
The farm log system drives access to the matrix about health, use and environmental parameters. With smart values, data stored in the form log may help customers predict a potential drive failure event. The form log is easy to use with the right equipment. This is to say that all customers can easily access the matrix logged using openly available tools.
Before the scammers discovered their new tinkering method, users can find the “fake” new drive firmly by comparing the number of operating hours recorded by smart values with those stored in the farm. His note noted that this strictly hardware-based check-up method is no longer reliable. Given the drive data stored in the new, multi-terabyte seagate Exos HDD, it is now useless that scammers are tampering with it.
All is not lost though. Users can employ tips and tricks to protect themselves against incredible vendors. First, the new HDD should not have a production date of more than six months. A missing sticker on the drive front is also a sign that drive is fraud. As the previously recommended, scan the QR or barcode of the drive and compare the termination of the warranty with the construction date of the drive. It should be more than a few months more than five years.
The scam discovered in January included a heavy used seagate drive from Chia Cryptocurrency Mine. Chinese coin farmers closed most of these mining works and tried to recreate the drive, many were going to prestigious retailers. The seagate is not involved in the scam, but is investigating because it increases its Hamr drive production and sales.
