Two months after the cyber attack, Niconico Animation resumed service and confirmed that 254,000 people's information was leaked

Two months after the cyber attack, Niconico Animation resumed service and confirmed that 254,000 people’s information was leaked

2024-08-06

IT Home reported on August 6 that Niconico Animation announced yesterday thatNiconico animation resumes serviceKADOKAWA, the parent company of the company, officially announced the information leaked by the previous cyber attack, confirming that 254,241 people’s personal information leaked。

According to previous reports by IT Home, after suffering a cyber attack on June 8, the service of the Niconico animation barrage website was interrupted and inaccessible, and the hacker group BlackSuit claimed responsibility for the cyber attack.

Major security companies speculate that hackersPhishingAttacks such as these stole the account information of Dwango (the company that owns Niconico Animation) employees and used this account information to break into the company's internal network.

The names, addresses, educational backgrounds and other information of students and graduates of correspondence high schools such as "N High School" and "S High School" were leaked, as were the personal information of some of the trading parties with Duowanguo and its affiliated companies and all employees of Duowanguo.

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Two months after the cyber attack, Niconico Animation resumed service and confirmed that 254,000 people’s information was leaked

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