UK Anime Distributor Crunchyroll/Funimation/Manga UK Discussion Thread

[BrokenPhoenix]

There's been a potential data breach at Crunchyroll - so if you have a CR account and any bank card information stored on there, I'd recommend changing your password and cancelling any saved cards.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2035913847031165000

 

[Dan]

Thankfully i use Paypal for payment but i have changed my Password. This is getting ridiculous with Crunchyroll

 

[fabio de lunatico]

Eleven days ago and not a word from them. I know it's not just Sony that's had these breaches, but seriously, how many times now?

 

[Vincentdante]

I double checked and fortunately I swapped to paypal back in October after removing my card. I will keep an eye on things though, thanks for posting this.

 

[Relaxo]

They used TELUS for their ticketing system - so it likely only affect users that reached out for customer support.

 

[BrokenPhoenix]

Perhaps, but the fact credit card information has supposedly been compromised suggests that the attacker(s) gained further access to Crunchyroll's system. Your standard IT support ticketing system shouldn't be storing customer payment information. Although, it's Crunchyroll... so who knows, lol.

Either way, I'm not chancing it

 

[Takei Daloui]

Damn. Wonder how much they got.

 

[Lucky_Deity]

I've changed my password and deleted any card info to be safe, across both the UK and US Store as well, had to do both individually.

 

[Takei Daloui]

I'm not sure deleting the card details will help much but changed my password for sure.

 

[Relaxo]

https://xcancel.com/Real_Kilometers/status/2036126151643636084

Miles (ex CR, ex Anime Ltd) suggests the alleged hack might be fake news

I'm so sick of fake news.

There's a reason we haven't seen any credible outlets cover this yet. If "International Cyber Digest" was credible, they would have said "alleged", because it's unlikely they'd be able to verify the data was both 1) legitimate and 2) specifically from Crunchyroll.

If this is true, then Crunchyroll would be sacrificing huge sums each day they don't communicate it with their customers. The "threat actor" here claims to have reached out to Crunchyroll ten days ago. Considering how massive the fines are for not reporting it, the most likely scenario is that CR did not have reason to believe the threat actor.

I have zero reason to trust this outlet, and so do you. It may turn out real, but there's not a strong reason to think it is at this moment in time.

 

[Dai]

It's still worth changing passwords once in a while, regardless. Also I've never been so glad that it's easier to buy stuff on the US Crunchyroll Store using Paypal; looks like I haven't used my credit card on their site.

 

[BrokenPhoenix]

Sounds like there's something to the data breach claims: https://www.gamesradar.com/entertai...-closely-with-leading-cyber-security-experts/

In a statement to GamesRadar+, a Crunchyroll spokesperson said, "We are aware of recent claims and are currently working closely with leading cybersecurity experts to investigate the matter."