100 GB worth of video may not seem significant today but 100 GB of text is a huge amount. And that huge amount of data was reportedly breached at the popular anime streaming platform Crunchyroll. Speaking of this data, it may include sensitive information of users like passwords, personal and financial details, and more. The situation now entails considerable risk.
The report came from a cybersecurity newsletter called International Cyber Digest through its Twitter (now X) handle, where the post alleges that a Telus employee had executed malware in the system. Telus is an outsourcing partner of Crunchyroll’s, helping with some business processing services.
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International Cyber Digest also highlighted that the threat actor may have acted from regions including the US, Mexico, Brazil, New Caledonia, and India. The users on the social media platform are concerned and suggest that the streaming platform should stop outsourcing to avoid happenings like this.
A User Hinted of a Potential Breach A Couple of Days Before This Happened
The funny thing about this incident is that a potential breach was highlighted by a Crunchyroll user two days before this report came into being. But then the user didn’t have much following and that is likely why it went unnoticed.
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In a post, the user @Liberty3DPrints notes that it “had to have had a data breach” after suspecting a breach because the account “had a password that was 24 randomly generated characters.” You can see the post below.
Crunchyroll is yet to provide an official comment on the situation, so we cannot say if the incident is true. But given the nature of the report, we suggest that you stay sharp and remove any saved information from the platform to avoid falling victim to a cybercrime.
The company once came under fire for sharing user data with Meta without their consent (which is funny because Meta once did the same for political purposes). So it better issue a statement to clear what’s going on in here.