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“Researchers Find Technique To Quickly Erase Hard Drives
[June] 15, 2006 08:23 H
By R. Colin Johnson
EE Times
A team has crafted a new generation of superpowerful magnets, intended for use in military and other applications, that can penetrate hard disk enclosures to quickly erase magnetic media.
PORTLAND, Ore. — In 2001, an American spy plane collided in the air with a Chinese fighter and was forced to land on Chinese island. Since then, researchers have been looking for a way to quickly erase computer hard drives to deny access to sensitive intelligence data.
At the time of the U.S.-China incident, there was no way the U.S. crew could quickly erase hard drives on the surveillance aircraft before landing on Chinese soil. The Chinese eventually gained access to U.S. military secrets.
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