WD has just found itself in a dangerous spot: the WD My Book Live NAS is destroying users' data because of "malicious software". So if you own a WD My Book Live NAS or My Book Live Duo, disconnect it ...

If you own one of Western Digital’s (WD) My Book Live external hard drives, you should put this article down and go unplug it. Take it off your home network, cut the power entirely, whatever you have ...

A hot potato: Imagine the horror of waking up one day and discovering that your cloud-connected external backup drive has lost all data and factory reset itself. Unfortunately, that's exactly what's ...

WD is investigating a curious case of missing data from My Book Live backup drives. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Do you own a ...

Folks using certain Western Digital (WD) storage devices are being urged to disconnect them while the company investigates reports of sudden data deletion. The worrying development came to light on ...

If you have one of these devices, you should unplug it from the internet before reading any further — it’s clear at this point that your data is at risk if the device is online. WD says in its post ...

Nothing is scarier than the idea of losing years' worth of data in a blink of an eye, whether through the loss of physical storage or, in this case, the deletion of said data. Owners of Western ...

Western Digital My Book Live NAS owners worldwide found that their devices have been mysteriously factory reset and all of their files deleted. WD My Book Live is a network-attached storage device ...

The mass wiping of Western Digital My Book Live storage devices may have been caused by a pair of vulnerabilities, and a leading theory suggests that it was fallout from rival hacking groups working ...

My Book Live owners around the world are reporting their devices have been purged of all data, and Western Digital is advising that everyone disconnect their drives from the internet for now. Share on ...

Some users on WD’s forum report that their devices appear to have been factory reset, while others report seeing a page requesting a password they don’t know. In most cases, those who have been ...

Western Digital is advising owners of its My Book Live storage drives to disconnect them from the internet until further notice, following reports from around the world that some devices have been ...