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Latest firmware still vulnerable

If one uses the forum search feature (magnifying glass icon upper right) they’ll find several past discussions on how to downgrade the single bay My Cloud to an earlier firmware version. Note however that downgrading to earlier firmware may increase the My Cloud vulnerability since it won’t have newer fixes or patches, the subject of this current discussion. Here is one such discussion on how to downgrade:

This issue isn’t really related to the subject of this discussion on the firmware being vulnerable to certain hacks. Again, use the forum search feature and search for “sleep” and you’ll find numerous discussions on how to try and deal with the single bay My Cloud when it doesn’t go into sleep mode. For example:

http://community.wd.com/search?q=sleep%20category%3A105

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