While the device may not be bricked in the traditional sense running an unbricking procedure may be the only solution due to the firmware being corrupted. I would start with trying to perform a firmware update through SSH. Of course if you don’t have SSH active or available due to the corruption this won’t help. See the following thread for the basic directions for how to perform a firmware update through SSH:
https://community.wd.com/t/how-to-firmware-update-via-ssh/95476/2
