Sony-owned European streaming service Wakanim suffered a data breach incident which also delayed the release of new content as it works on an "issue."
A data leak marketplace Breach Forums put to sell data leaked from 6.7 million users on Wakanim, including each user's account name, universally unique identifier, IP address, email address, state, city, zip code, country, phone number, first name and last name, and account type.
The company immediately began an investigation of the issue and started working on resolving the issue.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/wakanim
"id": "wak104231222",
"linkid": "wakanim",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "08/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '6.7 million users',
'industry': 'Entertainment',
'location': 'Europe',
'name': 'Wakanim',
'type': 'Streaming Service'}],
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
'number_of_records_exposed': '6.7 million',
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['account name',
'universally unique identifier',
'IP address',
'email address',
'state',
'city',
'zip code',
'country',
'phone number',
'first name',
'last name',
'account type']},
'description': 'Sony-owned European streaming service Wakanim suffered a data '
'breach incident which also delayed the release of new content '
"as it works on an 'issue'.",
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['account name',
'universally unique identifier',
'IP address',
'email address',
'state',
'city',
'zip code',
'country',
'phone number',
'first name',
'last name',
'account type'],
'downtime': 'Delayed release of new content'},
'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': 'Yes'},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'threat_actor': 'Breach Forums',
'title': 'Wakanim Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}