Mastodawn

@paul Might be related to Seagate recently busting an operation selling used drives with wiped SMART data as new. Would have reduced (non-fraudulent) supply and raised prices. Apparently they were also supplying to legit retailers. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Fraud-with-Seagate-hard-disks-Arrests-in-Malaysia-10535171.html

"End-to-end fraud" with hard drives: Seagate finds counterfeit workshop in Asia

Investigating authorities have unearthed a workshop in which used hard disks were converted into new goods. Models from Toshiba and WD were also found.

heise online