A few weeks ago we reported how the group Kadokawaone of the largest companies in the world of video games and anime, owner of a large number of franchises such as Konosuba!, Mushoku Tensei, Elden Ringamong many others, had suffered a strong attack on its servers that affected the different official web pages of the company. But now things have not only repeated themselves, but have considerably increased in severity, and they have confirmed that they have been hacked again, losing in the process more than 1.5 TB of company data that is now in the hands of the hackers.
Kadokawa receives a new hacker attack with massive data loss
Through an official statement, the renowned company Kadokawaowner of some of the largest franchises and developers of all time, confirmed that on June 27 it suffered a new attack on its servers, which resulted in the loss of more than 1.5 TB of information. Although the same statement confirmed that, although the data was sensitive, it did not contain banking information of users or its own employees, although it requested that while what happened is investigated, this information not be used on Kadokawa sites.
And things have escalated a lot in the last few hours, since the hackers themselves have come out to comment on the fact, asking the company for a high financial remuneration so that the data is not leaked on the network, being that among many things , in the information they have there are very important things. Among them, they confirmed having personal data, future business plans or even projects that the different companies were working on under the command of Kadokawa which are many, so if they are leaked, they can really impact their respective media in a negative way.
In addition, the hackers have given a deadline for the company to release the requested money or all the information will be leaked on the internet: July 1, a very close date, so from Kadokawa They must act as quickly as possible to solve this very serious problem that they are going through and that involves many people. And for this, the company has already confirmed that they are working with external services on this “system failure” to build a network environment, as well as a server, that is much more secure for all users.
The statement also talks about how this series of attacks perpetrated against Kadokawa in recent weeks, since it is totally uncertain how the company will function for this fiscal year due to so many very important attacks in a short period of time. What was confirmed is that the company will report the most relevant events regarding the incident as soon as they have the most precise data possible from its origin. official websitebringing a little more peace of mind to users.
As we mentioned, Kadokawa It is one of the largest companies in the world, owner of a large number of very important developers and franchises in the world of anime and video games, among others, and their popularity is more than recognized. Among them we have two animes that were presented in this spring 2024 season, Mushoku Tensei and Konosuba!as well as a game that released its most recent expansion a few days ago, considered one of the best releases of the year, Elden Ringso these attacks affected thousands of users around the world.
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