WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted Storage-device maker advises customers to unplug My Book Lives from the Internet ASAP. Dan Goodin – Jun 24, 2021 3:10 PM | 444 ...

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The WD My Book Live has not been supported with updates from Western Digital since 2015, but multiple users have reported complete loss of date on the device.

"Western Digital has determined that some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malicious software. In some cases, this compromise has led to a factory reset that appears to erase all data ...

Western Digital My Book Live was hit with an attack last week that led to countless drives being factory reset, resulting in petabytes of lost data. Originally, reports showed that the main attack ...

Make what you will of Western Digital, but if you find your data is gone from a My Book Live device, remove it from the internet and unplug it, so none of the data is overwritten accidentally.

BleepingComputer points out that WD's My Book line isn't connected to the internet the same way that QNAP devices are. This, in theory, prevents them from being exposed to QLocker ransomware attacks.

"Western Digital has determined that some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malicious software. In some cases, this compromise has led to a factory reset that appears to erase all data ...

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