On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 09:46:30AM -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> On 9 May 2018 at 07:18, Pete Biggs <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 13:00 +0200, Leon Fauster wrote:
> >> > Am 08.05.2018 um 21:46 schrieb Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >> >
> >> > On 8 May 2018 at 15:34, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > > Anyone have any clues about how to sanitize a dead SSD? We haven't had it
> >> > > yet, but we're sure it's coming. Esp. since I'm a federal contractor, a
> >> > > dead disk gets deGaussed, but what the hell do you do with a SSD?
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > SSD disks must be shredded as the data has been written over multiple
> >> > sectors many times to 'even the writes'. This allows for even a 'dead'
> >> > disk to be disassembled with 'off-the-shelf' equipment to extract
> >> > items from the dead places. Depending on the data involved, there may
> >> > be different levels of shredding and destruction of shreds required.
> >>
> >>
> >> What would someone use to do this? An industrial blender, circular saw ...?
> >>
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE8kwu3dm3o
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqW4djlQUoE
> >
>
> Yes. Depending on the data type, the 'dust' at the other end may need
> to be ground through another machine so that all parts are less than
> some specified size ( I think it was below 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm x0.5cm.)
> Then again depending on the data type, those bits are poured into
> concrete or taken to a specialized chemical incinerator.
Makes sense. I was thinking that some of the flash chips in the
SSD could have survived that machine and would need to be further
processed for some certainty of security.
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