Kadokawa confirms information leak of 254,000 folks on account of cyberattack

Japanese writer Kadokawa has confirmed an information leak affecting 254,241 folks on account of a cyberattack.

The discovering, introduced Monday, is predicated on an investigation by third-party specialists.

Of the leaked information, info of 186,269 folks was associated to Kadokawa Dwango Educational Institute, together with N High School, a correspondence college. Kadokawa reported the investigation outcomes to the federal government’s Personal Information Protection Commission.

Leaked info additionally included information on all staff of Dwango Co., a Kadokawa unit that operates the Niconico video-sharing platform, in addition to the names and addresses of enterprise companions equivalent to artists and designers.

Regarding the college establishment, information of present college students, their guardians, graduates and examination candidates was breached, as was contract info of Dwango’s enterprise companions.

According to the investigation, phishing assaults are thought to have enabled the theft of worker account info and brought on the leak, and the stolen account information had allowed the group’s inner community to be hacked.