Western Digital’s My Cloud service is back online, hacker claims theft

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Western Digital’s My Cloud service is again on-line, permitting customers to view information on their My Cloud NAS via an web connection. The service was offline for nearly two weeks after a hack on Western Digital. A hacker claims to have stolen 10TB of knowledge in that assault.

Of My Cloud-dienst was sinds 2 april offline, though the corporate did inform customers on April 7 a couple of workaround to view information on a nas through the native community, with Native Entry. Since Thursday, this workaround is now not vital and the My Cloud service is again on-line. This additionally applies to providers equivalent to SanDisk ibi and SanDisk Ixpand Wi-fi Charger.

Western Digital took these providers offline following a cyber assault. Taking the providers offline was a part of “proactive safety measures.” It isn’t clear if and what Western Digital has modified within the meantime concerning the providers to make them safer and the way they had been linked to the cyber assault.

The assault passed off on March 26 and gave unauthorized entry to a variety of methods. As well as, ‘sure information’ has been captured, though the corporate has not but gone into particulars about this. One of many hackers has contacted TechCrunch and claims in opposition to this medium that 10TB of knowledge has been stolen. It isn’t clear who the hackers are. The hacker shared a file with a digital certificates from Western Digital and claims to have the ability to present information with such a certificates after the assault. Outdoors safety consultants affirm to TechCrunch that this certificates seems to be from Western Digital.

The hacker additionally claims to have stolen buyer information, phone numbers, inside emails and different information, and to have entry to inside instruments, equivalent to an account on storage service Field. The hacker nonetheless claims to have entry to Western Digital’s inside community. Other than the digital certificates, the hacker’s claims can’t be verified. The corporate wouldn’t affirm or deny the hacker’s claims. The hacker needs ‘an eight-figure quantity’ from the corporate and says in any other case information will likely be leaked.