https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/22/23733267/sandisk-extreme-pro-failure-ssd-firmware [www theverge com] and https://www.theverge.com/22291828/sandisk-extreme-pro-portable-my-passport-failure-continued [www theverge com] tell a story we all need to be aware of.

#Western_Digital #WD has an external SSD drive product released under the #SanDisk name that appears to have some data loss issues. As I understand it, they released a firmware patch that is supposed to fix it, but the site's employee experienced data loss again.

The thing is, whoever owns WD also owns multiple other storage products brands. If one is going to avoid such issues, they'd need to identify and avoid all related brands.