Seaagate engines used are sold as a new tracking to coding mining farms

Hot potatoes: A widespread scandal that involves the used SEAGATE steel engines that have been selling fraudulently with the continuing new escalation, with new evidence indicating that the engines that originated from Chinese cour curly mining farms. According to the tablets, the drives, many of which recorded 15,000 to 50,000 hours of previous use, were changed to appear unused before re -inserted the retail supply chain.

The first reports appeared on the disk engines affected in January, when consumers noticed contradictions in the new Seaagate Exos drives that are supposed to be used in data centers. The case has expanded since then the world, as it caused more than 200 confirmed cases across Europe, Australia, Thailand and Japan. While Seagate confirms that these products did not come from their official distribution channels, the scandal raises serious concerns about unauthorized sellers and the security chain security.

and Investigation by Hess It indicates that the fraudulent solid drives are obtained from mining operations in China to crystallization of Xia, an encrypted currency that has increased the demand for HDD before it becomes unrealistic economically.

During the Xia mining mutation, the demand for high -capacity hard drives increased, which led to a lack of prices. However, as a profit Shia mining She refused that many operations were closed, and the market is immersed with used devices. Now it seems that some of these used engines have been reselling and reselling as new, and fooled by both retailers and consumers.

Although standard smart parameters follow the use of HDD, these values ​​have been reset to hide actual corrosion. However, a more deep examination Using the farm (The reliability measures that can be accessed in the field) The values ​​can reveal the date of the real operation of the drive. Consumers are interested in their purchases Cock engines can be checked Use Smartmontools Edition 7.4+ (Use: SmartctL -L FARM /Dev /SDA) or Seagate’s Satools programming.

Various retailers of the scandal have taken different ways to treat customer complaints. Some admitted that they sold these engines that were tampered with an indisputable manner and offer recovered amounts or exchanges.

Others have prepared customer service gates dedicated to dealing with the problem, while a few insist on verifying the affected tablets before compensation. Many retailers stress that they bought hard drives from suppliers who trust them, and they were not aware of any futility before selling them to consumers.

Seaagate distanced itself from fraudulent sales, saying that it has not distributed the affected tablets. The affected buyers urge to report their cases fraud@seagate.com. The company launched the internal company investigation It cooperates with retailers and law enforcement to track fraudulent employees.