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reports, confirmed by WD some are being remotely wiped!
https://www.engadget.com/western-digital-my-book-live-factory-reset-two-vulnerabilities-044122712.html



https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo



https://admars32.wordpress.com/
https://mobro.co/admars?mc=1

I bought a 12TB Elements external disk a few months ago to back up my NAS to (that took a while! ) so not affected by this but it seems amazing - and a malicious actor within the company too?
They seem to be doing as much as they can to help, including data recovery attempts and upgrades.

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