Knowledge storage big Western Digital has confirmed that hackers exfiltrated information from its programs throughout a “community safety incident” final week.

The California-based firm stated in a statement on Monday that an unauthorized third occasion gained entry to “a quantity” of its inside programs on March 26. Western Digital hasn’t confirmed the character of the incident or revealed the way it was compromised, however its assertion suggests the incident could also be linked to ransomware.

“Based mostly on the investigation so far, the corporate believes the unauthorized occasion obtained sure information from its programs and is working to know the character and scope of that information,” Western Digital stated.

It’s not but identified who was behind the assault. The incident doesn’t seem to have but been claimed by any main ransomware group.

Western Digital notes that the incident “has induced and should proceed to trigger disruption” to the corporate’s enterprise operations. The corporate didn’t present any additional data. On the time of writing, Western Digital’s service standing website confirms that the incident downed its My Cloud network-attached storage (NAS) service, which permits clients to access their files from the web.

Western Digital stated it’s “implementing proactive measures to safe its enterprise operations” and is working to revive impacted infrastructure and companies. The corporate added that it’s investigating the incident with an unnamed cybersecurity agency and coordinating with regulation enforcement.

Western Digital spokesperson Robin Schultz has but to answer TechCrunch’s questions.

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