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Western Digital says hackers stole data in ‘network security’ breach

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Dissent

Carly Page reports:

Data storage giant Western Digital has confirmed that hackers exfiltrated data from its systems during a “network security incident” last week.

The California-based company said in a statement on Monday that an unauthorized third party gained access to “a number” of its internal systems on March 26. Western Digital hasn’t confirmed the nature of the incident or revealed how it was compromised, but its statement suggests the incident may be linked to ransomware.

Read more at Yahoo!


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