FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa Group acknowledged a significant cyberattack, with Japanese popular video sharing service Niconico among the sections hardest hit. The extent of the impact, if any, on the Elden Ring developer is currently unclear.
Kadokawa is a big company that many people already know about beyond their ownership FromSoftware, why they would choose to title this on FromSoft is quite strange.
The games industry in general has proven vulnerable to cyberattacks in the past. Rockstar Games and Insomniac are among the studios to be heavily impacted by ransomware attacks, resulting in the release of a large amount of confidential data. A recent report on Wired detailed why ransomware attacks are “more brutal than ever” in 2024.
Russia continues to offer safe harbor for cybercriminals where groups such as LockBit are free to launch ransomware attacks against the United States, its allies, and partners. These ransomware attacks have targeted critical infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, and financial institutions.
You’re not being super useful, man. Commenting like this is just talking to yourself in a mirror. Wikipedia has some info about them, so I guess I’m a little caught up.
So Kadokawa had this failing mobile game named Kemono Friends, but they wanted a TV anime for it, so they get Omoto Tatsuki to direct it. He takes their product and actually turns it into something people want to watch, going as far as, releasing supplemental clips from the show on Twitter and even arranging a collaboration with the Tobu Zoo in Saitama Japan. This collab gave us the tragic saga of Grape-kun the Humbolt Penguin, a meme in its own right. Since the show didn’t have much of a budget he hired no-name voice talent, launching their carriers thanks to the popularity of the show.
Ultimately, it was the clips on Twitter that did him in if rumors are to be believed. He was sharing clips as usual, but Kadokawa wanted that content for the home video special features, so they fired him abruptly. He already saved Kemono Friends for them, so they cut him loose.
Goddamn I did not think you were gonna help out on this one. Adder, you biscuit. High five. Thanks for typing that out.
Links and everything. You’re a mensch and not a bot :)
Edit: I still don’t agree with you that they should release the data because the company isn’t a monolith and there’s innocent people’s effort and IP at stake. But at least now I feel like I see where you’re coming from.
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Kadokawa is a big company that many people already know about beyond their ownership FromSoftware, why they would choose to title this on FromSoft is quite strange.
First time hearing about them
I only knew of kadokawa from anime stuff. Turns out they are massive and own a lot of companies.
For IGN, a gaming media company?
Their ownership of FromSoft is by far the most relevant thing to IGN’s audience. The article wouldn’t have any reason to exist otherwise.
Not that strange.
These Russian fucking ransomware hackers are out of control. Companies, hospitals, city infra, anything and everything
The article talks about it a little and links this:
https://www.wired.com/story/state-of-ransomware-2024/
from companies to city infrastructure to fucking hospitals: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/us-hospitals-paid-100m-to-russian-ransomware-hackers.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60378009
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2114
I’ll add in the entire Seattle public library system.
I hope they release it.
That hurts FS and thus the fans
My first time seeing someone go to bat for Kadokawa, considering how they treat their employees.
Why?
Kadokawa group sucks.
You’re not being super useful, man. Commenting like this is just talking to yourself in a mirror. Wikipedia has some info about them, so I guess I’m a little caught up.
What part of this makes it a good thing?
It’s a bot
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I’m not a bot.
Then I am sorry
So Kadokawa had this failing mobile game named Kemono Friends, but they wanted a TV anime for it, so they get Omoto Tatsuki to direct it. He takes their product and actually turns it into something people want to watch, going as far as, releasing supplemental clips from the show on Twitter and even arranging a collaboration with the Tobu Zoo in Saitama Japan. This collab gave us the tragic saga of Grape-kun the Humbolt Penguin, a meme in its own right. Since the show didn’t have much of a budget he hired no-name voice talent, launching their carriers thanks to the popularity of the show.
Ultimately, it was the clips on Twitter that did him in if rumors are to be believed. He was sharing clips as usual, but Kadokawa wanted that content for the home video special features, so they fired him abruptly. He already saved Kemono Friends for them, so they cut him loose.
I’m interested to see who else they screwed over, considering they also got caught bribing the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee to secure a sponsorship deal.
Goddamn I did not think you were gonna help out on this one. Adder, you biscuit. High five. Thanks for typing that out.
Links and everything. You’re a mensch and not a bot :)
Edit: I still don’t agree with you that they should release the data because the company isn’t a monolith and there’s innocent people’s effort and IP at stake. But at least now I feel like I see where you’re coming from.
I heard one of the files they stole was labeled “The complete guide to git gud”
based, please leak the source code so I can illegally build fromsoftware games on openbsd
Long live openbsd as a arch user