Subj : Western Digital suffers cyber incident, here's what we know so fa
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Apr 03 2023 10:30:03

Western Digital suffers cyber incident, here's what we know so far

Date:
Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:19:28 +0000

Description:
Data storage giant says further disruptions to business operations could 
still happen.

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Digital storage powerhouse Western Digital has reported suffering a 
cybersecurity incident that has seen some systems breached and parts of its 
business operations disrupted. 

Precise details are still scarce at the moment, but Reuters reported an 
unauthorized party managed to steal certain data from WDs systems. 

The company said the incident might result in further disruption to business 
operations, but that it is currently working on securing operations, having 
been forced to shut some systems down. WD services hit 

The nature of the incident was not detailed, so we dont know if this is a 
ransomware attack, although it does follow the usual pattern. 

One of the services that seem to be suffering due to the cyber incident is 
the WD My Cloud Home. Some users have taken to Twitter to vent their 
frustration for the services being offline for a few days already: Read more 

> Western Digital customers urged to update to latest version of My Cloud OS 


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The login service for WD My Cloud Home is unavailable. Thank you 
@westerndigital for not letting me access my data that I have in the living 
room, writes one user. On Sunday, another user wrote: #WesternDigital 
#mycloud #login service is down and unavailable. Cannot login. Western 
digital. Please provide an update and fix. Thanks! 

One of the users reached out to the company, claiming not to have access to 
their files. Although its hard to determine if the two incidents are 
connected if it ends up being so, it would mean the services were offline for 
the entire weekend: I trusted this device with my backups and don't have 
access to the files now, they said. 

The police, as well as external security and forensic experts, have been 
brought it, it was said. Check out the best firewalls right now 

Via: Reuters



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/western-digital-suffers-cyber-incident-heres-wh
at-we-know-so-far


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