WD My Book 1TB locked out

WD External Drives External Drives for Mac
2

1.  Unplug and plug in Drive again.

2.  You will be prompted to type in password.

3.  Type five wrong password.

4.  After 5th time, you will be prompted with screen to check off and give your drive storage back in exchange of giving up data.  *** There is no way to get password back (no exception; not even from WD)***