Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted
by JKCalhoun on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:58PM
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> internet connected NAS
I am guessing this is normal? My data backups are offline. The idea of making my backups read/write on the internet seems insane.
Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted
by gruez on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:38PM
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>I am guessing this is normal? My data backups are offline. The idea of making my backups read/write on the internet seems insane.
It's a NAS. Backup isn't the only thing you can do with it. A personal cloud (aka dropbox) is also a valid use case, and requires internet access to work.
Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted
by klodolph on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:18PM
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For certain notions of "read/write", the risk can be lower. You might make backups to storage, but not have permission to delete files. Or when you delete files, they are kept for a certain safety window (e.g. if you delete a file on June 24, the file is instead moved and can be restored any time before July 24, at which point it is purged).
The article says:
>Multiple users reported that the data loss coincided with a factory reset that was performed on their devices. One person posted a log that showed unexplained behavior occurring on Wednesday:
I'm leaning more towards 0day than "software bug", mainly because I can't really think of a reason why a bug would cause the factory reset to get triggered, but I can think of plenty of ways an internet connected NAS can be exploited.