hacked by the (alleged) `amazon-security' scammers

[Peter Flynn]

On 08/11/2021 22:43, Bret Busby wrote:
[...]
> With "the '80s and '90s" being mentioned, I have a memory of  a
> feature of PC-DOS from the early 1990's, whence, in using a switch and
> a variable value, with the format command, the character that was the
> variable value (e.g. '1') would be written to every byte on a device,
> as part of the formatting process. At that time, from memory, only
> PC-DOS (from IBM) offered that feature.

I installed Mint 20.something recently, and this exact option was among
those on the screen where you give the OK to format the disk
(overwriting with zeroes, I think).

P