Western Digital experienced a ransomware assault, and as a result, it had to suspend some of its services.
The company acknowledged that various systems had been compromised by an unauthorised individual.
My Cloud, My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, My Cloud OS5, SanDisk ibi, and SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Charger were all impacted by a service outage encountered by Western Digital.
Customer names, shipping and billing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses were among the information that was exposed. Customer passwords that had been hashed or salted as well as a portion of their credit card details were found in the hacked database, the company noted.
Customers of Western Digital are advised to exercise caution when responding to unsolicited mailings that request personal information from them or direct them to a website that does the same.
Customers are advised against opening attachments or clicking on links in shady communications.
Source: https://securityaffairs.com/145922/data-breach/western-digital-data-breach.html
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/western-digital
"id": "wes233828523",
"linkid": "western-digital",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "04/2023",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Western Digital',
'type': 'Corporation'}],
'customer_advisories': 'Customers of Western Digital are advised to exercise '
'caution when responding to unsolicited mailings that '
'request personal information from them or direct them '
'to a website that does the same. Customers are '
'advised against opening attachments or clicking on '
'links in shady communications.',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer names',
'Shipping and billing addresses',
'Phone numbers',
'Email addresses',
'Hashed or salted passwords',
'Partial credit card details']},
'description': 'Western Digital experienced a ransomware assault, resulting '
'in the suspension of some of its services. The company '
'acknowledged that various systems had been compromised by an '
'unauthorized individual. My Cloud, My Cloud Home, My Cloud '
'Home Duo, My Cloud OS5, SanDisk ibi, and SanDisk Ixpand '
'Wireless Charger were all impacted by a service outage '
'encountered by Western Digital. Customer names, shipping and '
'billing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses were '
'among the information that was exposed. Customer passwords '
'that had been hashed or salted as well as a portion of their '
'credit card details were found in the hacked database, the '
'company noted.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer names',
'Shipping and billing addresses',
'Phone numbers',
'Email addresses',
'Hashed or salted passwords',
'Partial credit card details'],
'systems_affected': ['My Cloud',
'My Cloud Home',
'My Cloud Home Duo',
'My Cloud OS5',
'SanDisk ibi',
'SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Charger']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Customers of Western Digital are '
'advised to exercise caution when '
'responding to unsolicited mailings '
'that request personal information '
'from them or direct them to a website '
'that does the same. Customers are '
'advised against opening attachments '
'or clicking on links in shady '
'communications.'},
'title': 'Western Digital Ransomware Attack',
'type': 'Ransomware'}