Cybersecurity
Western Digital Customer Data, Credit Cards Accessed in Hack
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Western Digital Corp. said hackers got access to an internal database for its online store which contained personal information such as names, addresses and partial credit card details of customers.
The maker of computer hard drives gave an update on the illicit access to its computers first disclosed on March 26, in a statement Friday. It is contacting people who had their information compromised, it said, and has now restored the majority of the systems that were taken offline as a precaution.