

Intel reacts quickly to minimize fallout







the drive from becoming inoperable when using and modifying the BIOS

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By amanojaku on 7/30/2009 9:34:13 AM , Rating: 5
This isn't a data corruption issue; this is an access problem. The data is still there in its original form, but the security policy is broken and won't let you get to it. This most likely can be circumvented by direct access to the memory chips, which would be a costly alternative if Intel's firmware fix doesn't work for drives with existing data.

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By rudolphna on 7/30/2009 10:17:34 AM , Rating: 2
For all intents and purposes, for 90% of people, the data might as well be corrupted because they won't be able to get it back.

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By SiliconDoc on 8/2/2009 8:20:47 PM , Rating: 2
That's what I thought, but the information provided is not extensive enough to draw your conclusion. It may be that the information is not only not accessible, but the changing of the drive password actually does corrupt the data on the drive - the drive light tunring bright as the data churns to a mess - perhaps only stopped by turning off the system.
I find it likely the story writer merely screwed up as well, and called it corruption instead of lack of access, but if so, the fix would be expected to achieve that said lost access, but is reported to NOT do so.
So, maybe it is both loss of access, and scrambling of the data.
It is a HUGE idiocy. Think of IBM thinkpads, strewn throughout the banking industry, loaded with drive passwords... bye-bye banking data.
I think it's amazing it got through, but then again, communicating in the modern day at a workplace environment is almost always considered a gigantic and dangerous sin.
Just shut up anmd pretend everything is wonderful is the call of the day, every day, no matter what.
That's how this kind of massive idiocy blows right through to market.

