Western Digital (WD) has recently been hit with a class action lawsuit because of the SanDisk Extreme Pro solid-state drive problem. The lawsuit was initiated by Nathan Krum, a California resident in the United States, seeking compensation of US$5 million (currently about RMB 36.5 million).
This problem first broke out in May this year. Many consumers who bought SanDisk Extreme mobile hard drives reported on e-commerce platforms and social platforms that there were various strange problems such as sudden data erasure and inability to read.
Western Digital subsequently released a firmware update that, far from curbing the issue, affected more models.
Krum said that on May 19 of this year, he bought a 2TB SanDisk Extreme Pro for $179.99, and then there was a data wipe problem.
Krum said he had to spend money to restore the data and wouldn’t accept a replacement or a full refund.
