[Man50D]

Seagate's corporate statement further claimed all hard drives leaving the Chinese subcontractor are now clean.

Seagate needs to leave the Chinese subcontractor. Duncan Hunter will address trade practices with China when he becomes President.

[jonno]

What I wonder is if in the case of a trojan (somewhere in the boot sector I assume), is a regular formatting of the drive before use adequate - or is more aggressive “wiping” required...