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Julian Oliver

Hitachi HDD: Z7K320-250 / 250GB / SATA 3.0Gb/s.
Data erasure method: 50lb Longbow, two arrows at 15 yards.

183 comments
alarig

@JulianOliver @Kegeruneku how much it is in understandable units? 😅

dodothedev :arch_linux:

@JulianOliver that must of killed the arrow tips. The amount of arrows I killed when missing the target and hitting the frame was painful.

Man Of Rust

@JulianOliver Seems a lot more fun than my patented* "hit it with a hammer and soak in a bucket of salt water for a week" technique.

*no actual patent applied

That Anonymous Coward

@JulianOliver

The Loxley group is well know for its security team of 'Merry Men'.

Florian :verified_coffee:

@JulianOliver @leyrer
Na gut, dass die Daten nicht in der Cloud waren.... Wär a bissl weit bis zu den Rechenzentren ☁️

remote procedure chris

@JulianOliver someone somewhere is speculating how the nsa could still get data off it

andreas

@JulianOliver
can't see the tip - what tip did you use? I guess you shot outdoors or have a reeeeealy large place...

Michael Scovetta

@JulianOliver Yeah but I heard if you put it in the freezer for an hour it'll still work. :-)

Andrew Singleton

@JulianOliver A determined clean room could still recover something from the drive. Still. Nice choice in targets.

mkb

@JulianOliver Dear NIST,

Please add the above process to the next revision of Special Publication 800-88.

(((o))) Acoustic Mirror

@JulianOliver @lluis_nacenta This is how we used to rewind hard drives back in the 80s when the power went.

Trammell Hudson

@JulianOliver afterwards you could put it in the PD-5 to be extra certain.

"Data Destroyer PD-5" splitting a disk in half with a die. The screen reads "CRUSHING"
R(i)SK

@JulianOliver That's quite an unusual way of "safe erasing" oder an HDD. But I like it. 😅

Vanessa Knipe

@JulianOliver Is this similar to 'reprogramming with a large axe' as suggested in Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 😄

Sherra

@JulianOliver This is the security measure I've been waiting for!😆

Hera

@JulianOliver Now you're positive I can't just copy the data off with a live linux ISO?

Scott Senffner

@JulianOliver I am going to have to try this. I have a ton of old drives.

Julian Oliver

@needa A simple 145 grain screw in field point for an insert fitting a .246" internal diameter shaft.

Needa

@JulianOliver Thanks
I'll make some try, I do have some old HDD that needs decommission and a 30lbs compound
Time to prepare some new arrow ^^

Julian Oliver

@needa 30lb compound is a little light but may do it. I'd be sure to make at least a 10GPP (grains per pound) arrow so you have the momentum to break through. If possible a 400gn arrow.

dro

@JulianOliver i respect the outside the box thinking.

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@JulianOliver I'd still recommend to run a wiper script [ github.com/kkarhan/misc-script ], microwave it a then throw it into a shredder...

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@JulianOliver :blobcatsweat: i mean its reasonable to use a drill but its quite new to me to delete data with a longbow
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@JulianOliver very nice, I would put an art hashtag on this

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