Western Digital lost 6.5 billion gigabytes of flash storage at the worst possible time (for you)

If flash memory wasn't already pricey enough before, it may get even more expensive now. According to data storage manufacturer Western Digital, the company has lost 6.5 billion gigabytes of flash storage due to contamination during production. Converted to other storage units we're looking at around 6.5 exabytes or 6.5 million terabytes. That's a lot of flash storage. The cause of the contamination is currently unknown. The issue was first discovered late last month at two Japanese manufacturin...