Security News > 2023 > May > Western Digital says hackers stole customer data in March cyberattack
Western Digital has taken its store offline and sent customers data breach notifications after confirming that hackers stole sensitive personal information in a March cyberattack.
The company emailed the data breach notifications late Friday afternoon, warning that customers' data was stored in a Western Digital database stolen during the attack.
"Based on the investigation, we recently learned that, on or around March 26, 2023, an unauthorized party obtained a copy of a Western Digital database that contained limited personal information of our online store customers,".
Western Digital also warns impacted customers to be vigilant against spear-phishing attacks, where threat actors impersonate the company and use the stolen data to gather further personal information from customers.
The data breach notification come after Western Digital suffered a cyberattack on March 26th, when the company discovered its network was hacked and company data was stolen.
No further data was released by the threat actors, likely indicating that they are still extorting Western Digital in the hopes of receiving a ransom demand.