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Crunchyroll hijacked; Users BEWARE!
8 years ago
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If you use Chrunchyroll at all, it is important that you do not access their site as of right now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comm.....the_moment_it/
Official statement: https://twitter.com/Crunchyroll/sta.....13560306417664
"the malware might be a form of Ransomware. It's the kind of malware that holds your data for ransom by encrypting everything on your harddrives. If you get infected, you'll either have to pay the attackers and hope for the best (since they might not even decrypt your data even if you pay them) or wait until the encryption gets cracked. If you get infected with ransomware, /r/techsupport's wiki has an article about what to do next.
While the German twitter account is saying that it appears to be a DNS hijack instead of a true website breach, it really doesn't sound like they're 100% certain yet. I recommend that people assume the worst, so the information above is still relevant. Don't let your guard down until the website is back to normal and Crunchyroll has released an official statement."
UPDATE: https://twitter.com/Crunchyroll/sta.....49277430718464
Issue seems to have been solved.
Stay Safe. ♥
https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comm.....the_moment_it/
Official statement: https://twitter.com/Crunchyroll/sta.....13560306417664
"the malware might be a form of Ransomware. It's the kind of malware that holds your data for ransom by encrypting everything on your harddrives. If you get infected, you'll either have to pay the attackers and hope for the best (since they might not even decrypt your data even if you pay them) or wait until the encryption gets cracked. If you get infected with ransomware, /r/techsupport's wiki has an article about what to do next.
While the German twitter account is saying that it appears to be a DNS hijack instead of a true website breach, it really doesn't sound like they're 100% certain yet. I recommend that people assume the worst, so the information above is still relevant. Don't let your guard down until the website is back to normal and Crunchyroll has released an official statement."
UPDATE: https://twitter.com/Crunchyroll/sta.....49277430718464
Issue seems to have been solved.
Stay Safe. ♥
ZionsAngel
~zionsangel
I swear nothing is safe anymore, thanks for the heads up!
Varenvel
~varenvel
thats why i never turn my add block off , and i use opera who is one of safest browsers to use:)
Oh crap, thanks for the notice!
SON237
~son237
Its very considerate of you to bolster such a warning. Thank you.
Thanks for the heads up and warning!
Monkka
~monkka
Wow that's pretty crazy.
AJAXTHEMIGHTY
~ajaxthemighty
Whew! Thank God I pirate all my anime.
Angel85
~angel85
I was about to access that site tomorrow to watch the new Dragonball Super episode...I hope this issue is cleared up by then.
ACBradley
~acbradley
https://twitter.com/Crunchyroll/sta.....49277430718464
Kisharra
~kisharra
OP
Glad they handled the situation so swiftly.
Snowfyre
~snowfyre
Thanks for spreading the word.
It's so weird... you think these professional companies have it down, then some jackass who is better at cryptography comes in and fucks it up... very weird
ACBradley
~acbradley
From what I can tell this one was a DNS spoofing attack (tricking an intermediary server into sending traffic to a malicious site rather than where it should go), Crunchyroll itself wasn't compromised.
Shindara
~shindara
Much love, thanks for the heads up.
Chizoru
~chizoru
I still question if it's safe or not. They don't use secure connections(HHTPS) outside of the log in screen which considering how many people PAY for their services they should make sure their customers are safe.
Ami~
~oonami
Not the animus D:
neoravencroft
~neoravencroft
