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Western Digital patches potentially dangerous security flaw, so update now

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Western Digital has patched a potentially dangerous flaw found in the firmware of some of its network-attached storage devices (NAS).

In a press release, Western Digital said that a cybersecurity researcher from Positive Technologies, Nikita Abramov, discovered a high-severity flaw in its NAS devices which could allow threat actors to run arbitrary code remotely, steal data, and breach confidential information. 

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