Hey if you have a Western Digital "Mybook" as part of your backup system it looks like you should disconnect it from the internet NOW, before it reformats itself.

community.wd.com/t/help-all-da

@anthracite

Holy heck, what the actual hell?

Is this just for if you use the MyBook software? I have lots of mybooks, but I just reformat them and use them as my own external hard drives.

Regardless, that is scary - It feels like something big got compromised.

@Phorm @anthracite it's a model called mybook live which is used for home Dropbox stuff. you're should be fine but maybe hold off plugging them in to any internet connected PC for a bit..

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