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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2022
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jeremy Miner, Cary, NC (US);

Carolina Garcia Delgado, Zapopan, MX;

Jennifer I. Bennett, Rochester, MN (US);

William J Green, Cary, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 2221/031 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are presented for physically incapacitating data storage functionality of a computer data storage device for preventing access of data stored on the device. A security breach can be detected of a device housing a component communicable with a computer and where digital data is storable on the component. A mechanism can be activated for physically disabling the component in the device, in response to the detecting of the security breach. The incapacitating of the component can be a result of the mechanism physically contacting the component, in response to the activation of the mechanism, and the incapacitating of the component renders digital data stored on the component unretrievable by a computer.


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