Data storage giant Western Digital has confirmed that hackers stole data from its systems in a “network security incident” last week.
The California-based company said in a statement on Monday that an unauthorized third party accessed “many” of its internal systems on March 26. The statement suggests that the incident may be related to ransomware.
“Based on our investigations to date, we believe that an unauthorized party obtained certain data from our systems, and we are working to understand the nature and extent of that data,” Western Digital said in a statement. ‘ said.
It is not yet known who was behind the attack. This incident does not appear to have been claimed yet by any major ransomware group.
Western Digital said the incident “has caused and may continue to cause disruption” to its business operations. The company did not provide further information. At the time of writing, Western Digital’s service status website confirms that the incident caused the My Cloud Network Attached Storage (NAS) service, which allows customers to access their files from the Internet, to go down. I’m here.
Western Digital said it is “taking proactive measures to protect its business operations” and is working to restore affected infrastructure and services. The company added that it was investigating the incident with an unnamed cybersecurity firm and coordinating with law enforcement.
Western Digital spokesman Robin Schultz has yet to respond to TechCrunch’s question.
