Security News > 2023 > April > Western Digital network security incident and service outage

US-based data storage company Western Digital has announced that it has suffered a network security incident that resulted in an unauthorized third party gaining access to a number of the company's systems and some company data.

Western Digital identified the network security incident on March 26, 2023.

The company started IR efforts with the help of external security and forensic experts, and law enforcement is being kept in the loop.

The company "Implementing proactive measures to secure its business operations including taking systems and services offline" and is working to restore impacted infrastructure and services.

Potential evidence of service disruption comes from the service status page of Western Digital's My Cloud cloud storage service.

"Western Digital is currently experiencing a service outage impacting the following products: My Cloud, My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, My Cloud OS5, SanDisk ibi, SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Charger. We are working to restore service. We apologize for any inconvenience," the company said on Sunday.

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