23/8/2017 – Seagate 2000GB external HDD – not detected by any computer A Manchester city centre-based Landscape and Ecology consultancy had a considerable number of design files for clients on …
WD20NMVW mechanical failure
28/07/2017 – WD20NMVW – Failed Read-Write Heads A 2000GB (2TB) portable HDD was being used by a furniture design company to store data associated with their newly designed products, as …
Data Recovery Scam Example – Inform yourself
22/7/2017 – ST3000DM001. Pre-opened HDD This week CDR – Manchester Data Recovery Services – received a 3TB HDD from a media company based in Sale, Cheshire. The drive contained video …
Ransomware Locked MacBook Pro
14/7/2017 – Ransomware Locked MacBook Pro A user of an Apple MacBook Pro (2013) had suffered either a malware attack or breach of his iCloud account. The result of which …
128GB MicroSD counterfeit
05/7/2017 – 128GB MicroSD fake capacity Today, CDR has been working on a MicroSD memory card which had a reported capacity of 128GB. The memory card had been purchased from …
Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB damaged platter
30/6/2017 – ST4000DM000 – Contamination inside the disk A Seagate ST4000DM000 hard disk drive was received from a Manchester-based media company. The HDD was from an external “Backup Plus Hub” …
Detached read-write heads
28/6/2017 – HDD read/write heads detached A Western Digital My Passport 500GB was received for recovery. The drive was spinning, but an audible clicking and scratching sound could be heard. …
WD 2TB My Passport Dropped on the Floor
27/06/2017 – WD 2TB My Passport – Dropped on the floor A 2TB (2000GB) Western Digital My Passport Ultra portable HDD was dropped by the customer on the floor. The …
WD 4TB CCTV Deleted video
26/06/2017 – Western Digital 4TB (4000GB) – CCTV Deleted video Requires deleted/lost footage to be recovered. The drive was part of a CCTV recorder. The data required is part of …
NHS cyber-attack: computer systems held to ransom
Ransomware attack on NHS hospitals On the 12th of May, 2017, there has been a major ‘ransomware’ attack affecting multiple hospitals in the UK. Computer systems have been powered off, …
