The My Book Live is an older device (last update 2015), mainly used by consumers and SMBs. If you, your business or someone you know use one of these devices you should disconnect it immediately and follow the official @WD advisory here: https://t.co/CjXkXCAAb8

— Avast (@avast_antivirus) June 24, 2021

That’s funny— I have a lot of encrypted storage containers on a pair of large Western Digital “My Book” devices.
It’s a good thing I would never run the default factory-software they come with. Also good that I would never use cloud services in combination with them. https://t.co/ytlhq7RLJq

— Chris Vickery (@VickerySec) June 24, 2021

If you know anyone with a Western Digital My Book consumer NAS, tell them to disconnect it from the internet. Firmware hasn’t been updated in years & someone is wiping them for fun https://t.co/clrIPob7XJ pic.twitter.com/VSHXvXBNNx

— Ned Pyle (@NerdPyle) June 25, 2021

The last firmware update for this discontinued product was 2015 - another reason why I believe nothing on your network should be exposed directly to the Internet. Turn off upnp on your router and use a VPN if you need to access from the outside. https://t.co/gP7KcImOFh

— Lon Seidman (@lonseidman) June 25, 2021

NEW: Hackers are wiping people's internet-connected Western Digital hard drives.

Some of the victim's stories are awful. It'll be interesting to see what the company does to remediate this mess. Offering free credit monitoring may not cut it this time. https://t.co/QOvo4u8plE pic.twitter.com/XmGnF1fe0b

— Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (@lorenzofb) June 25, 2021

NEVER rely on only one single backup, or one single backup system. Keep at least two separate backups, created with two different backup systems. Even better, make sure at least one set of backups is off-site at all times. https://t.co/xTvWPNqZD9

— Thomas Reed (@thomasareed) June 25, 2021

Western Digital ‘My Book’ users should disconnect their devices from any networks with inbound/outbound access to the Internet — mass wipes reported, vendor investigating.

Terrible for users.
Potentially very bad for WD!https://t.co/G6J399UtOr

via @dangoodin001
h/t @VK3TBN

— ✨Jackie✨ (@hackingbutlegal) June 25, 2021

love buying external hard drives to put my stuff on and having them randomly wiped over the internet https://t.co/O0prH7l87c

— Internet of Shit (@internetofshit) June 25, 2021

oh. my. god.

"Storage-device maker advises customers to unplug My Book Lives from the Internet ASAP."https://t.co/G4mmKE2RSY

— Killed by Google ? (@killedbygoogle) June 25, 2021

“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted https://t.co/390nVPI2F3

This incident is precisely why we should start using decentralised storage such as #Siacoin to own our own data

— Afiqsejuk (@Afiqcool1993) June 25, 2021

Find Western Digital My Book Live devices on your network with Rumble query "names:https://t.co/6eUF7LFm7L". Why? They may get wiped if you don't unplug them: https://t.co/wBT31CZCZo pic.twitter.com/SPVkenWTF8

— Rumble Network Discovery (@RumbleDiscovery) June 25, 2021

Well that’s horrifying. Western Digital’s had some kind of breach or software failure, and people are getting their My Book network hard drives erased automatically. Not a good sign they’re telling users to unplug their hard drives for now. https://t.co/ZkqCnIFhZU

— Misty (@mistydemeo) June 25, 2021

as usual, @dangoodin001 has a great write up on this for @arstechnica, ““I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted”https://t.co/NoTCuORJDf

— Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) June 25, 2021

“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted https://t.co/KtvRd8eHdh

— Canal Rev (@canal_rev) June 25, 2021

If you have a My Book Live from Western Digital, you should be aware of this: https://t.co/oplOMZkuqc

— Nash Across the 8th Dimension (@Nash076) June 25, 2021

“Western Digital, maker of the popular My Disk external hard drives, is recommending customers unplug …” unbelievable https://t.co/AwTu6mM3OU

— Jan-Piet Mens (@jpmens) June 25, 2021

#CyberPandemic: #WesternDigital 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. https://t.co/Q9Ecvwp9Os

— Geopolitics & Empire (@Geopolitics_Emp) June 26, 2021

If you have a WD Networked drive disconnect now https://t.co/v3tTtVW6jg

I use a NAS but I never enable remote access for fear of such stuff... use it as a local network storage.

Cloud storage etc is all good but this makes me question security about the devices and data?

— Ranjit (@geekyranjit) June 25, 2021

“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted | Ars Technica

If you’re using this brand and model as a NAS, please beware. Disconnect it from the internet and back it up. https://t.co/Ny4Pqj8BXr

— mrbrown (@mrbrown) June 25, 2021

I’ve happily rolled my own NAS for the last couple of decades, and will continue to do so. https://t.co/QBZhLLhbM8

— þēodrīċ (@theodric) June 25, 2021

welp. This is pretty yikes. Hope none of you are affected :(https://t.co/Rl0pl8PJZ9

— Jenn Cutter (@jenncutter) June 24, 2021

“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted https://t.co/UuFNVtnta6

— Annie, Queen of Summer ?☀ (@ann_arcana) June 25, 2021