Bulletproof Thumbdrive's All Fun and Games till the .500 Magnum Comes Out

Most of the USB loving readers of this site have heard of the USB flash drives that claim to be bullet proof. Some foreign geeks (I’m not sure where they are from) got their hands on a Pretec USB drive and decided to give the bulletproof claims their own test, at the local gun club. The shooter shows off his guns that will be used for the test a 9mm, a .357, a .44 and a .500. You have to watch the video to get an idea of how large the bullets that the .500 shoots are. I will admit I was quite surprised that the Pretec drive stood up to everything, until the .500 anyhow. The flash drive came out of a direct hit with a 9mm without a scratch, shrugged off the .357 and was dented by the .44. When the big .500 hit is directly there wasn’t much left of the drive. The moral of the story is that so long as hackers don’t come at your data with a .500 Magnum your data should be safe.