"He thinks he's safe," Leo muttered, connecting the drive to a specialized hardware imager.
But this wasn't an old hard drive. It was a high-end .
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Security and Forensics–Is Solid State Drive a Friend or a Foe?
Leo, a senior digital forensics investigator, was staring at a "wiped" laptop. The suspect, a corporate spy, had reportedly performed a on the machine just minutes before the police arrived. On a traditional hard drive, a wipe is usually the end of the story—once the magnetic bits are overwritten, they’re gone.