We understand that our customers' data is very important. The My Book Live device received its final firmware update in 2015. In some cases, this compromise has led to a factory reset that appears to erase all data on the device. 'Western Digital has determined that some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malicious software. In a statement to customers, Western Digital states that a malicious actor is behind the issue.
Some users have been able to dig into an activity log for their My Book Live and found evidence of an initiated factory restore and shutdown. Screenshot from a Western Digital forum thread
User dalogan72 writes, 'All data gone, what kind of security is this?' Previously the 2T volume was almost full, but now it shows full capacity.' Many other users are reporting the same issue. One user, sunpeak, wrote, 'I have just found that somehow all the data on it is gone today, while the directories seems there but empty. WD has advised customers to unplug My Book external hard drives from the web until further notice, as customers are reporting that their data has been completely deleted.Īrs Technica reports that WD's support forum shows that numerous users have lost their data with no obvious hope for recovery. If you use a Western Digital My Book Live, you want to disconnect it from the internet immediately.
0 kommentar(er)
