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                  Walmart.com Listed Fake 30 TB SSDs For Sale

   Josh Centers

   If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. [1]Vice shares
   the story of security researcher 'Ray [REDACTED],' who couldn't resist
   buying a 30 TB SSD on AliExpress for the insanely low price of $29.99,
   later finding the same product on sale at Walmart.com for $17.99. What
   he found inside were two 512 MB SD cards. However, when he plugged the
   SSD into a Windows machine, it reported that each SD card held 15 TB
   thanks to hacked firmware that writes new data over old data while
   keeping the fake directory structure intact.

     Have you ever heard the expression 'if it sounds too good to be
     true, it probably is'? Well AliExpress is currently advertising a 30
     Terabyte SSD for $29. And I just had one delivered. Let's open it
     up, shall we? /1 [2]pic.twitter.com/cVXtr42LW5

     -- Ray [REDACTED] (@RayRedacted) [3]August 25, 2022

   Walmart has since taken down the listing, but there are surely
   countless more scams on its website as well as many others.
   Unfortunately, by allowing nearly any vendor to list items on their
   sites, major online retailers like Amazon and Walmart have turned their
   storefronts into virtual flea markets full of sketchy third-party
   sellers. Be careful what you buy, even on 'respectable' sites!

   By the way, [4]30 TB SSDs do exist, but will set you back more like
   $6200; these scam SSDs are the modern version of getting a [5]Polaris
   Nuclear Sub from the back of a comic book for $6.98.

   [6]Read original article

References

   1. https://www.vice.com/en/article/akek8e/walmart-30tb-ssd-hard-drive-scam-sd-cards
   2. https://t.co/cVXtr42LW5
   3. https://twitter.com/RayRedacted/status/1562914396732801025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   4. https://www.cdwg.com/product/samsung-pm1643a-mzilt30thala-ssd-30.72-tb-sas-12gb-s/6409407
   5. https://www.longisland70skid.com/polaris-nuclear-submarine/
   6. https://www.vice.com/en/article/akek8e/walmart-30tb-ssd-hard-drive-scam-sd-cards