These Western Digital Hard Drives Are Allegedly Losing People's Precious Data

Western Digital is advising owners of My Book Live storage devices to immediately disconnect them from the internet in response to reports that users are losing data. This issue is another reminder that you should always have at least three copies of any data that you value. The disappearing data first emerged on the Western Digital support forum with user sunpeak reporting that, all of a sudden, his directories remained intact but the files themselves had disappeared. Other users quickly reported the same problem: their directories were present but the files contained within were missing.