Re: Security News This Week: Hackers Are Erasing Western Digital Hard Drives Remotely

"Carlos E.R." <[email protected]> Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:49:03 +0200
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.privacy.anon-server
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 28/06/2021 14.10, Mayayana wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote
> 
> |  Please put <> around links to force them onto one line.  You
> | probably know that but are just too lazy to do it.
> |
> 
> While you're fighting about links...
> 
> It turns out the story is not what it seems:
> 
> https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/21/06/27/008211/western-digital-blames-remotely-installed-trojans-for-wiping-my-book-storage-devices
> 
>    The problem is with "My Book Live", an idiotic and unsafe
> "personal cloud" device designed to be accessed from
> online. So as with remote desktop, the real problem is with
> people thinking it's safe to allow direct access to their
> computers from the Internet.

Well, that's the idea they were given.

People are not computer experts to know better.

(removing advocacy group)

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Cheers, Carlos.