Forged Maxtor HDDs turn up in Japan

Found on The Register on Sunday, 06 March 2005
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Fake 320GB Maxtor hard drives have surfaced in Japanese retail channels, the storage company confirmed this weekend.

According to the site, Maxtor has confirmed the purchased drive is a forgery. While some such products are actually legitimately-made units that have failed to pass QA tests and have been appropriated before they are due to be destroyed, Maxtor said that the MaXLine II forgeries were not made in any of its factories.

Indications that the purchased drive might not have been the Real McCoy included an incorrect font on the label and the use of a lower-case 'X' in the drive's family name. The drive also gives BIOS information inconsistent with its external branding and model number.

Faked money, ok. Faked emails, ok. Faked certificates, ok. But who fakes an entire harddrive? I mean, if you have the resources to do that, you might simply sell them with your name on it and stay on the legal side.