Using JTAG, chip-off and proprietary capabilities to retrieve “unrecoverable” data for law enforcement DriveSavers, Inc., in data recovery, eDiscovery and digital forensic services, announced new capabilities in accessing data from anonymous prepaid cell phones, often referred to in law enforcement as ‘burner phones.’ Such devices contain previously unattainable data typically…

IT STARTED WITH a bad joke. When asked by reporters if her server had been wiped, the leading Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shot back: “What, like with a cloth or something?” Ha! You know, like dust. She then proceeded not to answer the question. Like so many subpar technothrillers,…

Originally published on CBS News. By Amanda Schupak It’s hot out there. Real hot. And if you’re planning to hit the beach to soak in the sun or cool off in the sea, we hope you’re packing sunscreen and a big hat. But you’re not the only one that can suffer from the…

Technology exists that can recover data from any device, no matter how damaged.

Originally published by Wired. Written by Mat Honan DriveSavers data recovery engineers working in one of its secure clean rooms. PHOTO: MAT HONAN After GETTING EPICLY HACKED and having my computer wiped remotely, I was left with the world’s saddest MacBook Air. My useless machine came back to me from the…

By Paul Jones Staff Writer Wednesday, November 7, 2007 1:29 PM PST The wildfires that swept across California through October didn’t just destroy houses. They also destroyed memories, burning photo albums, incinerating heir-looms and books. But with so many of the writings and records that recall a person’s life now…

Scott Gaidano knows that by the time people call DriveSavers, the Novato firm he co-founded to recover lost files, they’re so frantic and furious that he keeps a data-crisis counselor on staff to help calm them down. “People tend to trust their computers for some reason, and when the disk drives…

Technicians Make House Calls to Fix Stubborn Equipment By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, May 1, 2005; NOVATO, Calif. — The young woman at the other end of the phone wept to Kelly Chessen that the world was against her. She had been in a minor car…

Originally published by The New York Times. July 14, 2005 NOVATO, Calif. – He knew it was important, but backing up his hard drive was the last thing on Ryan Risdal’s mind. Mr. Risdal, 35, was too busy rearing four children and caring for his ill wife. One day after…