High-Profile Data Destruction: Snowden Hard Drives Destroyed by Guardian Editors
High-Profile Data Destruction: Snowden Hard Drives Destroyed by Guardian Editors

31 January 2014

Remains of a PC destroyed by Guardian staff to clear themselves of Snowden leak data; Photo:Guardian

Back in July during peak moments of the Edward Snowden leak scandal explosion around the world, the UK’s Guardian newspaper was embroiled in a battle with government about the information in the paper’s possession. Government officials and the GCHQ spy agency threatened injunctions against the paper. Finally staff decided they had to destroy all the computers to prevent their journalists being carted away and measures being taken against the paper.

See footage of the destruction after the jump

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CBL Pictures: Burnt PCB
CBL Pictures: Burnt PCB

4 February 2010

What’s that smell? That’s the smell of a controller chip frying until burnt to a crisp. Pics after the jump.

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Bits, Bytes and Blush
Bits, Bytes and Blush

15 May 2009

Can data live to see another day after a laptop crashes to the ground?

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Signs of a Hard Drive Failure
Signs of a Hard Drive Failure

13 April 2009

Spotting the initial symptoms of a hard drive failure can often mean the difference between saving your data or losing it. Here are a few things to look out for.

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Keep a Lid on IT
Keep a Lid on IT

5 February 2009

...resist the temptation to tamper with or hand over the drive to anyone but a professional data recovery specialist…

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Frightening Tales Of Data Recovery
Frightening Tales Of Data Recovery

31 October 2008

Tales of data that gets drowned, burned alive and electrocuted! No matter what has happened, CBL can often recover data from the most frightening of situations.

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Aftermath of Hurricane Ike - Data on Storm-Damaged Computers May Be Recoverable
Aftermath of Hurricane Ike - Data on Storm-Damaged Computers May Be Recoverable

15 September 2008

As residents of the Greater Houston Area begin the cleanup after Hurricane Ike’s devastation, consumers and business owners alike who discover storm- and water-damaged computers in their homes and offices should follow this advice.

If you have family or friends in the Houston area, let them know they can...

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