dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk/by-id/lousy-vendor-123 bs=128k

ddrescue --verbose --force --no-split /dev/zero /dev/disk/by-id/lousy-vendor-123

# badblocks -v -b 4096 -t random -o badblocks.txt -w /dev/destroyme
Checking for bad blocks in read-write mode
From block 0 to 2097151
Testing with random pattern: done
Reading and comparing: done
Pass completed, 52105 bad blocks found. (0/52105/0 errors)

# head badblocks.txt
2097000
2097001
2097002
2097003
2097004

# hexdump -C /dev/destroyme
00000000  be e9 2e a5 87 1d 9e 61  e5 3c 98 7e b6 96 c6 ed  |.......a.<.~....|
00000010  2c fe db 06 bf 10 d0 c3  52 52 b8 a1 55 62 6c 13  |,.......RR..Ubl.|
00000020  4b 9a b8 d3 b7 57 34 9c  93 cc 1a 49 62 e0 36 8e  |K....W4....Ib.6.|

$ sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdX
.
# lots of other info here...
.
Security:
    Master password revision code = 65534
        supported
    not enabled
    not locked
    not frozen
    not expired: security count
        supported: enhanced erase
    202min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 202min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.

$sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass p /dev/sdX
security_password="p"

$sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase p /dev/sdX
security_password="p"

/dev/sdX:
Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password="p", user=user

dd conv=notrunc

dd conv=noerror

dd iflag=fullblock oflag=direct conv=noerror,notrunc if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda

dd iflag=fullblock oflag=direct conv=noerror,notrunc if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdX

ddrescue --verbose --force --nosplit /dev/urandom /dev/sdX

dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/null conv=noerror

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=128k

badblocks -v -s -w -t random /dev/sdX
badblocks -v -s -w -t random /dev/sdX