From: BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/mass-data-wipe-in-my-book-devices-prompts-warning-from-western-digital/

"Storage-device maker advises customers to unplug My Book Lives from the Internet ASAP."

"Western Digital, maker of the popular My Disk external hard drives, is recommending customers unplug My Book Live storage devices from the
Internet until further notice while company engineers investigate
unexplained compromises that have completely wiped data from devices
around the world."

"Multiple users reported that the data loss coincided with a factory
reset that was performed on their devices. One person posted a log that
showed unexplained behavior occurring on Wednesday"

(log shows running a script factoryRestore.sh followed by a reboot)

"The My Book is a popular storage device for consumers and businesses.
It plugs into computers, typically through USB. The affected model here,
known as My Book Live, uses an ethernet cable to connect to a local
network. From there, users can remotely access their files and make configuration changes through Western Digital cloud infrastructure.
Western Digital stopped supporting the My Book Live in 2015."

OOOOPS!!!

Western Digital issued a statement, naturally. The article comments on
it, saying

"Reading between the lines, Western Digital’s statement seems to be
saying customer accounts were individually compromised. The advice to
unplug devices while the investigation continues is warranted, and users
should follow it as soon as possible."


Yet another "Cloudy Thing" not being properly supported AND effectively "abandoned". I wonder how much longer the supporting cloud
infrastructure would remain? That might just break the things as badly
as anything else...


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