rubl
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Post by rubl on Jun 26, 2021 15:44:15 GMT 7
Sounds nice, doesn't it? Well, some minor, really minor possible problems. "A Hacker Is Remotely Wiping People’s Internet-Connected Hard Drives Users of Western Digital's WD My Book Live devices are reporting that all of their data has been remotely wiped by hackers exploiting a vulnerability. Users of WD My Book Live hard drives are reporting finding that their storage devices had been completely wiped by a remote factory reset. WD My Book Live products, which are manufactured by Western Digital and can have anywhere from 2TB to 24TB of storage, can be accessed remotely over the internet through their My Cloud function. On Thursday, owners of the devices began posting on Western Digital's forums that their data was being wiped. " www.vice.com/en/article/pkbz3y/a-hacker-is-remotely-wiping-peoples-internet-connected-hard-drives
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Post by AyG on Jun 26, 2021 17:25:59 GMT 7
One wonders what sort of a wonker person requires 24 TB of storage for their porn personal files.
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rubl
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Post by rubl on Jun 26, 2021 18:46:48 GMT 7
When I started my professional life as junior 'product acceptance fellow' in March 1981 I dealt with real 'core memory', servers where my older colleagues could use 16 address switches to set a 16 bit opcode and thereby bootstrap the big cube. 8 inch diskettes, 2.5Mb removable hard disks, 40Mb disks packs. Now still running UNIX on a few servers with Intel 80486 33Mhz CPUs and 16Mb of memory plus 512Mb SCSI-II disks. On the other hand last year I bought a Seagate Backup Plus 2Tb brick which already contains 1Tb of stuff. Half of it is work related (CD/DVD images included), the advantage of just moving data electronically. About 100Gb in books, 260 Gb in cartoons (strips as they're called in Dutch). Plus lots of Gb in movies like Sharpe, Hornblower, WW-II stuff, Comedies, SF, etc., etc. It's amazing how all adds up. Of course, if storage space grows you feel less need to clean up. Still I've got things reasonably organised. PS my Seagate brick cost THB 1950 last year. I'm thinking of buying another one as backup. The 4Tb version may be interesting (if the price is right).
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Post by me on Jun 26, 2021 19:36:04 GMT 7
One wonders what sort of a wonker person requires 24 TB of storage for their porn personal files. Well since 4 megapixel monitors are now too small for detail and 8 megapixel is needed for sharp detail, and multiview angles on at least 2 more of these monitors for the ultimate happy viewing satisfaction storage needs have grown so quick.
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Post by rubl on Jul 3, 2021 8:42:29 GMT 7
A follow-up "Another Exploit Hits WD My Book Live Owners Data Loss and root privilege woes for WD My Book Live owners While it will come as no comfort to those who had their Western Digital My Book Live NAS drives wiped last week, it seems they were attacked by a combination of two exploits, and possibly caught in the fallout of a rivalry between two different teams of hackers." www.tomshardware.com/news/wd-my-book-live-two-hacks
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Post by rubl on Jul 3, 2021 9:14:04 GMT 7
BTW relying on 'managed service' providers to keep you going is also getting a bit tough. "Russia-Linked Group Hacks 200 Businesses With Ransomware Attacks on managed service providers ongoing, researcher says REvil hacking group has previously attacked meatpacker JBS A Russia-linked hacking group has compromised roughly 200 businesses in a large-scale ransomware attack that is ongoing, according to the cybersecurity firm Huntress Labs Inc. The hackers targeted managed service providers, which often give IT support to small- to medium-size businesses, according to Huntress Labs. By targeting a managed service provider, or MSP, hackers may then be able to access and infiltrate its customers’ computer networks." www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-02/russia-linked-group-hacks-about-200-businesses-with-ransomware
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