It's called iCloud Backup for iPad/iOS.
This is why i never upgraded from my MyCloud Ultra X, which was a TRUE NAS, its a YOUR-Network Attached Storage, not theirs
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 compromised and wiped clean by malicious software.
The WD My Book Live is the company's network-attached storage device with the book-style design that can stand upright on a desk. The drive is typically connected to computers via USB and connects to a local network via ethernet. Meanwhile, the WD My Book Live app lets users access their stored files remotely through Western Digital's cloud servers.
As reported by BleepingComputer, My Book Live and Live Duo device owners on Thursday began flooding Western Digital's support forums with reports that all of their files had been mysteriously deleted and that they could no longer access the device via the offical app or a browser.
When they attempted to log in using the drive's web dashboard, the drive told them they had an invalid password. Many other owners have also confirmed that their device has been hit with the same issue. "All my data is gone too," another user said. "I am totally screwed without that data... years of it."
Following further reports, a pattern has gradually emerged in shared device logs that points to a remote command initiating a factory reset on affected devices beginning at around 3:00 p.m. on Thursday and continuing throughout the night.
Western Digital has advised customers in a new support notice to disconnect their My Book Live devices while the company investigates the destructive attacks. The company has since told BleepingComputer they are actively investigating the attacks but do not believe it was a compromise of their servers.
If the company is correct in saying its servers haven't been hacked, it's unclear how so many My Book Live accounts could be compromised at or around the same time. We've asked for more information from Western Digital regarding the matter and will post an update to this story if we hear anything back, but the advice for device owners for now is clear: Disconnect your My Book Live.
Article Link: Western Digital Asks 'My Book Live' Device Owners to Unplug After Reports of Remotely Wiped Drives
I used to have one. The main access was the network port. So there has to be some remote wipe" function to connect and reset the device if you forget or want to sell it.
Agreed. Any spinning disk drive can and will fail at some point. But Seagate is the one brand I avoid whenever possible, because of a LONG track record of their products failing prematurely and/or without warning. The WD stuff has generally been at least "somewhere in the middle" on reliability for me. I would never use the "cloud" products though. If you want to make your data Internet accessible, you had best do so with a full server type solution that has all the necessary security in place. The code they slap together to make these stand-alone external drives Internet-available is questionable at best.
Yarp. Never understood why anyone would want this.🤨 RAID 1 in a NAS is a must for me.🤓
This is coming from a company that previously shipped MyBook drives with the root password set to "welc0me". Western Digital has a bad track record for NAS drives. They also have a culture of release and don't support going forward. Best to stay away.
I've seen the file permissions get changed so that they appear empty. If the data is still there, it may require gaining root access to fix permissions or disable advisory locks.
That's called connect your device to your Mac, which in turn gets backed up using TM.
Apple doesn't sell enough of them to make them cost competitive with a OEM or open source software NAS with the same or greater capability/capacity/performance.
Implied warranty of merchantability is set forth by CA state law and is not voidable by lawyer language. If WD was compromised due to negligence or malicious actions of employees they could be liable.
Cause I'm going to dedicate 200 gigs of my computers hard drive to thatThat's called connect your device to your Mac, which in turn gets backed up using TM.
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Problem solved! You are welcome.
