Crunchyroll’s cybersecurity department is working overtime this week. The anime streaming service is reportedly grappling with a data breach that has affected millions of customers, and is attempting to assuage nervous users that their most important personal details are still safe.
Key Details: Data breach: A hacker has claimed to have accessed customer information for nearly 7 million Crunchyroll customers. Limited exposure: Thus far, it appears customer credit card details have not been exposed widely. Breach sealed?: Crunchyroll says it has not detected any ongoing access to the compromised systems by malicious actors. 7-Day Free Trial
Earlier in March, a threat actor contacted Bleeping Computer to inform the site that they had gained access to the account of an employee of a support agent who works with Crunchyroll. With this employee’s credentials, the hacker was able to gain access to various applications used by the anime
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