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Western Digital

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38 articles rising

Western Digital has appeared in 38 articles since 2015-10. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 6 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Sandisk, Toshiba, Japan, Kioxia.

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38
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Velocity
+100.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.000
velocity change
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17
publications

Coverage Timeline

2023-04-04
BleepingComputer 31 related

Western Digital reports a network breach, saying the hacker obtained some company data but the full scope is unknown; some systems, like My Cloud, are offline

2023-04-03
Reuters 8 related

Western Digital discloses a network security incident, taking some systems offline, and says the hacker obtained internal data but the scope is so far unknown

Data storage devices maker Western Digital Corp (WDC.O) on Monday said it is looking into a network security incident …

BleepingComputer 17 related

Western Digital reports a network breach and says the hacker obtained internal data but the full scope is unknown; some systems are offline including My Cloud

Western Digital announced today that its network has been breached and an unauthorized party gained access to multiple company systems.

2021-06-29
Ars Technica 3 related

After hackers wiped many of Western Digital's My Book Live devices, a look at the code suggests the manufacturer had removed authentication code

Western Digital removed code that would have prevented the wiping of petabytes of data.  —  Last week's mass-wiping of Western Digital …

2021-06-26
BleepingComputer 36 related

Western Digital says some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malware leading to a factory reset erasing all data, believes its servers weren't hacked

Mybookliveduo - looks to have formatted itself WD Community : Action Required on My Book Live and My Book Live Duo Ashwin / gHacks Technology News : Western Digital My Book Live drives are getting wip...

2021-06-25
BleepingComputer 27 related

Western Digital says some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malware leading to a factory reset erasing all data, believes its servers weren't hacked

Western Digital My Book NAS owners worldwide found that their devices have been mysteriously factory reset and all of their files deleted.

2018-09-20
TechCrunch 6 related

Researcher shares flaw, reported to Western Digital in April 2017, that bypasses admin password for WD's My Cloud NAS drives; WD says fix coming in a few weeks

and the company said patches are, to this day, still a few weeks away. https://techcrunch.com/... Svbl / @svblxyz : “Cookie: username=admin” lol. https://twitter.com/... Kevin Beaumont / @gossithedog ...

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TEXXR tracks 40 Techmeme articles mentioning Western Digital, dating back to December 2014. The biggest stories include Western Digital says some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malware leading... and Western Digital reports a network breach, saying the hacker obtained some company data.... Frequently covered alongside Toshiba, Kioxia, Western Digital Corp., Sandisk, and Seagate. Coverage has increasingly focused on enterprise, consumer themes.

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