After doing some digging I did find another post, and I believe the USB is the culprit here. not sure though so I have provided the code line below. its around 146 characters long
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drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 640 Jan 18 10:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 140 Jan 18 10:23 …
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 ata-Hitachi_HCS5C2020ALA632_ML0230FA0A5KHD →
…/…/sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 ata-Hitachi_HCS5C2020ALA632_ML0230FA0A5KHD-par
t1 → …/…/sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 ata-Hitachi_HCS5C2020ALA632_ML4230FA0L16HK →
…/…/sde
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 ata-Hitachi_HCS5C2020ALA632_ML4230FA0L16HK-par
t1 → …/…/sde1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 ata-PNY_CS900_240GB_SSD_PNY43191910250108142 -
…/…/sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 ata-PNY_CS900_240GB_SSD_PNY43191910250108142-p
art1 → …/…/sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 ata-ST2000VM003-1CT164_W1H1VKCZ → …/…/sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 ata-ST2000VM003-1CT164_W1H1VKCZ-part1 → …/…
/sdc1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 ata-ST2000VM003-1ET164_W720V93G → …/…/sdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 ata-ST2000VM003-1ET164_W720V93G-part1 → …/…
/sdf1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 ata-WDC_WD10EURX-83UY4Y0_WD-WCC4J0UK470R → …
/…/sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 ata-WDC_WD10EURX-83UY4Y0_WD-WCC4J0UK470R-part1
→ …/…/sdd1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 ata-WDC_WD10EURX-83UY4Y0_WD-WCC4J0UK470R-part2
→ …/…/sdd2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 usb-SanDisk_Ultra_0401f0b1adcd6d2516a9583a4607
d111c5f042220a7984885a0cc8c7e6614e02dab1000000000000000000000ecf2caaff9805188155810784
277d75-0:0 → …/…/sdg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 usb-SanDisk_Ultra_0401f0b1adcd6d2516a9583a4607
d111c5f042220a7984885a0cc8c7e6614e02dab1000000000000000000000ecf2caaff9805188155810784
277d75-0:0-part1 → …/…/sdg1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 usb-SanDisk_Ultra_0401f0b1adcd6d2516a9583a4607
d111c5f042220a7984885a0cc8c7e6614e02dab1000000000000000000000ecf2caaff9805188155810784
277d75-0:0-part2 → …/…/sdg2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 usb-SanDisk_Ultra_0401f0b1adcd6d2516a9583a4607
d111c5f042220a7984885a0cc8c7e6614e02dab1000000000000000000000ecf2caaff9805188155810784
277d75-0:0-part3 → …/…/sdg3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x5000c50069d5e4c5 → …/…/sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x5000c50069d5e4c5-part1 → …/…/sdc1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x5000c5008ff0b6cf → …/…/sdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x5000c5008ff0b6cf-part1 → …/…/sdf1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x5000cca36ac4a099 → …/…/sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x5000cca36ac4a099-part1 → …/…/sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x5000cca36ac83338 → …/…/sde
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x5000cca36ac83338-part1 → …/…/sde1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x50014ee2b8f69c95 → …/…/sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x50014ee2b8f69c95-part1 → …/…/sdd1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x50014ee2b8f69c95-part2 → …/…/sdd2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x5f8db4c431908142 → …/…/sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 10:23 wwn-0x5f8db4c431908142-part1 → …/…/sda1