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KADOKAWA's cyber attack shuts down 'Niconico Video' service for over a month, new releases and reprints may be delayed
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Base country: Japan
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Summarized by durumis AI
- On June 8th, KADOKAWA suffered a ransomware attack, causing partial outages in its business and accounting systems, leading to issues such as delays in new releases and reprints, and delayed payments to business partners.
- Although no personal information leak has been confirmed, while aiming to restore its core systems by the end of June, video distribution services like 'Niconico' are expected to take more than a month to recover.
- KADOKAWA takes this incident seriously and is working hard to restore its systems, increasing awareness of cyber security.
Japanese major publisher KADOKAWA announced that its group website, as well as some of its business and accounting systems, have been shut down due to a cyber attack. According to KADOKAWA, several system failures occurred around 3:30 am on June 8. Investigations revealed that the company had been subjected to a large-scale cyber attack involving ransomware that encrypted data and demanded a ransom, targeting services centered around 'Niconico', which provides video distribution and other services. As a result, multiple websites and online shopping malls, as well as book order and logistics systems, and parts of the accounting system have been disrupted, potentially leading to delays in new book releases and reprints, and possible payment delays to business partners. At present, no leaks of personal credit card information have been confirmed. While the goal is to recover the core systems by the end of June, video distribution services like 'Niconico' are expected to take over a month to restore.
KADOKAWA president, Go Natsu, apologized for the ongoing system outage affecting the entire group, which began on June 8, in a video message posted on Google's video distribution service 'YouTube' on June 14. Natsu stated, "We pulled the plug," emphasizing that the company is taking the current situation seriously and devoting all its resources to recovery efforts.
KADOKAWA is working to minimize the damage caused by the cyber attack and plans to restore its core systems by the end of June. They are also verifying whether there has been any personal information leak and will respond swiftly in case of any damage. This cyber attack has heightened awareness of cybersecurity in Japan.
