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Ransomware poojeets are hopping mad as Western Digital chooses to simply ignore them

submitted by big_fat_dangus to technology 1 yearApr 18, 2023 16:51:12 ago (+38/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

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[ - ] observation1 14 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 16:58:01 ago (+14/-0)

Sounds like western digital practices redundant backups.

The companies that pay are the ones that don't have backups.

This is proof:

If you can help it. Never negotiate with a terrorist.

Western digital will just release updated firmware and apologize to stakeholders. Nobody really cares what the hackers have.

[ - ] drhitler 4 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 22:42:44 ago (+4/-0)

they literally produce the devices needed to backup data, it would be really slack if they didn't

[ - ] Cantaloupe 3 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 17:21:47 ago (+3/-0)

With distributed source control, git, it's backend up everywhere

[ - ] MichaelStewart 3 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 19:34:49 ago (+3/-0)

Haha hard drive go VVVROOOM

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 0 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 21:11:25 ago (+0/-0)

Generally your open source is not an issue.

[ - ] ElementalPee 0 points 1 yearApr 19, 2023 18:13:58 ago (+0/-0)

I don't think backups are the issue. They're threatening to release documents that expose their corruption. That's what that text on the right side claims anyhow. And I may be misinterpreting it but the part on the left seems to be suggesting that Western Digital is complicit in espionage.

[ - ] mikenigger 9 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 19:19:48 ago (+9/-0)

2 more weeks and they'll show how corrupt WD is!

[ - ] dingbat 5 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 22:40:48 ago (+5/-0)

Didn’t look at what it said—my upvoat comes from “Poojeets”.

[ - ] CoronaHoax 3 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 22:39:32 ago (+3/-0)

Anybody ever worked at one of these big companies? Nobody gives a shit. About anything really.

At best you’ve got some engineers who do it for the love of doing a good job. It’s not like anyone identifies as the company. All these companies were taken over and now run by some royal blood line sniveling company usurper.

[ - ] Prairie 2 points 1 yearApr 19, 2023 02:16:03 ago (+2/-0)

Imagine being schooled by a streetshitter refund scammer on ethics and integrity.

[ - ] drhitler 2 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 22:44:01 ago (+2/-0)

fuck you WD. bought a couple of WD and they all died within a month and then they denied me my warranty because a sticker was missing.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 1 yearApr 19, 2023 02:17:28 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] winners_history 2 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 22:08:55 ago (+2/-0)

Looks like OMG!ForeignSabotage!!

Every blow-hard "President" of the US since the Grinning Peanut™ has threatened to pursue kinetic measures against "cyber-terror". Fucking DO IT.

Haven't multiple US presidents threatened to regard hack-attacks as "acts of war"?

If a country's government is too feeble to keep their own citizens from mounting international cyber-attacks, perhaps they're too backward to enjoy the privileges of:
1. Internet
2. Air Travel
3. Electricity

[ - ] Jinglebanger 2 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 21:20:29 ago (+2/-0)

Turns out Western Digital is actually corrupt and spent the ransom money on a hit squad.

[ - ] winners_history 1 point 1 yearApr 18, 2023 22:01:58 ago (+1/-0)

Then they should have hired a better hit squad.

[ - ] TheNoticing 1 point 1 yearApr 19, 2023 02:26:32 ago (+1/-0)

The pajeet street shitters have horrible English skills, and could never hope to type/speak that well.

[ - ] jigganiggaboo 1 point 1 yearApr 18, 2023 21:29:11 ago (+1/-0)

Worthless street shitters.I hope western digital gives them nothing so that they can never afford a toilet

[ - ] NuckFiggers 4 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 22:24:23 ago (+4/-0)

Poos are unethical but they aren't

- Smart
- Strong
- Tough

That's why you never hear about poo crimelords. They're shit (geddit?) at it

[ - ] charliebrown_au 1 point 1 yearApr 18, 2023 19:20:36 ago (+1/-0)

Anyone got a good explanation on the backstory of WD, what WD is up too
and the people behind this blackmail attempt ???

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 1 point 1 yearApr 18, 2023 21:12:11 ago (+1/-0)

Not really, but it sounded like they are whining about WD's NAS's being insecure. They can probably read all the files on them.

[ - ] winners_history 1 point 1 yearApr 18, 2023 22:54:03 ago (+1/-0)

What's the point of having a NAS attached to the 'cloud'? There's a reason there's a setup item to disallow it, right on the config screen.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 1 point 1 yearApr 18, 2023 23:18:23 ago (+1/-0)

I don't know. My NAS is a retired Dell server (tower) with extra hard drives. And that server also does other stuff.

[ - ] GhostCow 0 points 1 yearApr 19, 2023 00:07:01 ago (+0/-0)

This is the way. I do something similar, but I use an HTPC as my NAS.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 0 points 1 yearApr 19, 2023 00:27:43 ago (+0/-0)

I installed an eSATA port to connect to an old hardware RAID enclosure that I have which serves as the primary local backup. It doesn't have to use my network, but it effectively moves the data to a different box that can function independently if the server explodes for some reason. I suppose if I was ransomed I might be in trouble.

[ - ] SecretHitler 0 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 18:26:57 ago (+0/-0)

The hackers sound like they would fit in here

[ - ] Niggly_Puff -3 points 1 yearApr 18, 2023 17:04:54 ago (+0/-3)

Fuck Western Digital.