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Toei Animation Reveals Recent Hack Was Result Of Targeted Ransomware Attack

April 9, 2022/in Internet Security

The recent hack of Toei Animation, which resulted in a delay to the production schedules various anime series that continues to effect them to this day, has been found to have been the consequence of a targeted ransomware attack.

Source: One Piece Episode 1009 “Sasaki’s Onslaught! Armored Division vs. Yamato” (2022), Toei Animation

On March 11, Easter came early when Toei Animation announced that five days earlier, an unauthorized third party accessed the company’s network and proceeded to cause a partial shutdown of the company’s computing systems. Specifically, the hack halted internal systems that were used in the production process of their various anime series.

As such, the hack kept on giving by subsequently affecting the broadcast schedules for One Piece, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Delicious Party Precure, and Digimon Ghost Game, starting with the respectives episodes of each series slated to air on the weekend of March 12th-13th.

Source: Toei Animation Press Release

On March 8th, the NHK reported (via machine translation provided by DeepL) that after a preliminary investigation, Toei Animation “believed that the cyber-attack was caused by ‘ransomware,’ a ransom-type computer virus.”

Information in regards to the demands of the ransom, the type of virus the hacker used, and the origin of the virus was not revealed.

Source: Digimon Ghost Game Episode 10 “Game of Death” (2022), Toei Animation

As defined by the FBI, a ransomware attack is “a type of malicious software, or malware, that prevents you from accessing your computer files, systems, or networks and demands you pay a ransom for their return. Ransomware attacks can cause costly disruptions to operations and the loss of critical information and data.”

Toei also confirmed that they had shut down parts of its internal systems to investigate the extent of the virus’ reach.

The Japan Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (JPCERT)…

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Hackers are selling millions of Acer customers’ data as a result of a data breach

October 16, 2021/in Computer Security

( Image credit : securityaffairs )

Acer, a Taiwanese tech company, has announced that its servers in India were hacked, with hackers gaining access to 60GB of users’ data. This is the company’s second data security breach this year.

According to Hindustan Times, Desorden, the gang that claimed responsibility for the hack, accessed data containing individual customer information, corporate customer data, sensitive account information, and financial data.

The hacker group released a video including files and databases holding the information of 10,000 Indian clients. The organization also claimed to have access to over 3,000 sets of Acer retailer and distributor login passwords across India.

Privacy Affairs confirmed that much of the stolen material was accurate after contacting with numerous affected parties. As a result, Acer and its customers are in an extremely vulnerable position.

According to the article, Acer said that it had discovered an isolated attack on its local after-sales service system in India and had enacted security processes, which were followed by a complete scan of its systems. The corporation also stated that it is alerting all clients in the country who may be affected.

According to Acer, the incident was reported to local law enforcement and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).

“We have recently detected an isolated attack on our local after-sales service system in India.” Acer told BleepingComputer. “Upon detection, we immediately initiated our security protocols and conducted a full scan of our systems. We are notifying all potentially affected customers in India.”

We believe Acer declined to pay up the last time a breach like this happened, which is likely why the attackers decided to sell the data rather than try to get Acer to pay up.

In any case, while it appears that Acer is moving in the right direction following the incident, it’s unclear that the business will be able to recover the stolen data.

This is Acer’s second cyberattack in the last seven months. In March, REvil launched a ransomware attack on the company’s infrastructure. Acer was demanded to pay a $50 million ransom for a decryptor in order to recover…

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