If the drive came with Smartware the data will be hardware encrypted by the board with the broken port. Look through the posts by fzabkar he has explained about the boards and fixing them. You can also send him a PM. You might try taking the board to an electronics repair place and see if they can solder on a new port.
Part of the problem is the solder they are now required to use is lead free and isn’t as strong as the old lead solder. I ddin’t like the design either there should be more than just solder holding the port on. A redesign of the case with a boss behind the port to keep it from flexing would help.
Yes, either a boss or perhaps a “luggage strap” type retainer around the connector, solder to the board and connector itself.
Problem is, even a tiny piece of metal would impact the bottom line profit significantly. It is more cost effective to deal with the fallout from a few RMA’d disks than it is to put a $0.004 bit of metal in millions of drives.