# MyBook Users Urged to Unplug Devices from Internet

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/mybook-users-urged-to-unplug-devices-from-internet/10946>\
**Category:** In The News\
**Tags:** hardware, internet, in-the-news\
**Created:** [29 June 2021 14:28 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/mybook-users-urged-to-unplug-devices-from-internet/10946 "2021-06-29T14:28:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [29 June 2021 14:28 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/mybook-users-urged-to-unplug-devices-from-internet/10946/1 "2021-06-29T14:28:31Z")

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> Hard drive giant **Western Digital** is urging users of its **MyBook Live** brand of network storage drives to disconnect them from the Internet, warning that malicious hackers are remotely wiping the drives using a critical flaw that can be triggered by anyone who knows the Internet address of an affected device.

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> **[MyBook Users Urged to Unplug Devices from Internet – Krebs on Security](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/06/mybook-users-urged-to-unplug-devices-from-internet/)**
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> Hard drive giant Western Digital is urging users of its MyBook Live brand of network storage drives to disconnect them from the Internet, warning that malicious hackers are remotely wiping the drives using a previously unknown critical flaw that can…

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