It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/evildad53 on 2025-02-09 00:03:06.

"A Heise investigation of used Seagate data center-grade hard drives that are being sold as new has suggested that the drives originated from Chinese cryptocurrency mining farms that used them to mine Chia several years ago... According to the report, these drives — many with 15,000 to 50,000 hours of prior use — had their internal records altered to appear unused." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/seagates-fraudulent-hard-drives-scandal-deepens-as-clues-point-at-chinese-chia-mining-farms