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bikal 02-18-2019 07:50 PM

Linux file system collapsed but disk is fine, possible case of a hack
 
As I have explained here. My ubuntu partitions have been corrupted but my windows partitions are as perfect as they should be. Through various HDD tests, (mostly SMART tests through smartctl), the HDD is found to be perfectly fine. The good folks in LinuxQueustions suggested that it might be a possible case of a hack.
So, before I format those partitions and reinstall Ubuntu. I wanted to know the actual cause and measures to avoid it in the near future (since, I cannot recover the partitions) if it really is a hack

fatmac 02-19-2019 03:06 AM

I'd try using another super block before re formatting it.

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2033778

ondoho 02-21-2019 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bikal (Post 5963812)
As I have explained here.

so why'd you start a new thread then?
:annoyed:

sevendogsbsd 02-21-2019 07:31 AM

Why on earth would someone hack your computer just to corrupt the file system? I suppose a mindless script kiddie might but that seems unlikely.

ntubski 02-22-2019 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bikal (Post 5963812)
Through various HDD tests, (mostly SMART tests through smartctl), the HDD is found to be perfectly fine.

SMART tests are not 100% reliable.
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The good folks in LinuxQueustions suggested that it might be a possible case of a hack.
Getting hacked is more exciting, but I don't see any evidence that it happened in this case. Disk corruption that just happened to occur on the Linux part of the disk seems much more likely. I hope you've made backups, because the rest of the disk is likely to fail soon...


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