How To Head Off ATA HDD Password Abuse

An anonymous reader submits "German c't magazine has a story about abusing the security features of ATA hard disks. The bottom line is that almost all ATA hard disks in desktop PCs can be password-protected. However, on most desktop PCs, the BIOS does not support locking this option -- so viruses or malware could set a random password, making any data unreadable unless recovered by professionals."

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c't?

[Attackman]

Is that an adult magazine that happens to be anti-UN?
"In the June issue of c't: girls, girls girls, and why we hate Kofi Annan!"