WD Blue SA510 SSDs need a CRITICAL update .

[baaz]

If you have a WD Blue SA510 SSD of any capacity you need to update its firmware and backup your data before it gets bricked .
It happened to mine today .
Since WD has not communicated about this in any meaningful way, send this to anyone who you may think could be affected .

https://www.reddit.com/r/computers/comments/10ppjax/if_you_have_a_wd_blue_sa510_it_has_a_critical/

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[Cath O'Deray]

… WD has not communicated about this in any meaningful way, …

The Community Manager's 2022 announcement has been seen by a few people. I can't describe a pinned announcement, in the relevant community, as meaningless.

Users who were not aware might have not registered their product …