Icloud ISSUES - your data wiped out!

 I always recommend my clients and friends, to have several backups of your main archives.

This proves the importance of my point. Also, have one copy outside your house or business/office.

I have 3 archival copies + 4th one to edit and work with various files, specially the family photos and videos. 

Malware blamed for remotely wiping WD My Book Live users' disks

Hard drive maker recommends users disconnect the cloud storage devices from the internet to protect their data.

Steven Musil 

June 24, 2021 

... "Western Digital has determined that some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malicious software," the company wrote in an update to the forum thread. "In some cases, this compromise has led to a factory reset that appears to erase all data on the device. The My Book Live device received its final firmware update in 2015. We understand that our customers' data is very important. At this time, we recommend you disconnect your My Book Live from the Internet to protect your data on the device. We are actively investigating and we will provide updates to this thread when they are available."