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If you are using a WD My Book as your external drive, make sure to disconnect it from the internet as soon as you can – you just need to disconnect the network cable if you have one connected.

A recent issue has been causing users to lose all data on their drive – if you are using a drive like this as your main data storage, you should always make sure you have a backup. If it’s already used as your backup drive, nice work!

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/mass-data-wipe-in-my-book-devices-prompts-warning-from-western-digital/