st1nger :unverified: 🏴☠️ :linux: :freebsd:<p>The vendor <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TeamGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeamGroup</span></a> is marketing the self-destruct <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> to customers in sensitive industries, including <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a>, factory automation and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> development.<br>The product, the P250Q Self-Destruct SSD, is engineered to instantly wipe its memory at the push of a button —either through a software-based erasure or a hardware method that's supposed to physically destroy the flash chip. In hardware-based self-erasure, which “uses high voltage breakdown technology to physically destroy <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NAND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NAND</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Flash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flash</span></a>, ensuring <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> is irrecoverable</p><p><a href="https://uk.pcmag.com/storage/159074/this-m2-ssd-can-self-destruct-by-giving-itself-a-burst-of-voltage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uk.pcmag.com/storage/159074/th</span><span class="invisible">is-m2-ssd-can-self-destruct-by-giving-itself-a-burst-of-voltage</span></a></p>