The Japanese video-sharing platform, Niconico, was forced to temporarily suspend its services following a large-scale cyberattack on June 8th.
In response to the incident, the company temporarily suspended Niconico Family Services such as Niconico Video, Niconico Live Broadcast, Niconico Channel, etc. The company also suspended the Niconico Account login on external services.
The company stated that on June 8th, an issue occurred that prevented access to multiple servers in the group. They then immediately shut down the relevant servers to protect the data.
Based on the scope of its internal analysis and investigation that was conducted on the same day, it was determined that a cyberattack has occurred.
The video-sharing platform also canceled/postponed programs scheduled from June 10th to June 16th.
The company is investigating the security incident with the help of law enforcement and external experts to determine the full extent of the damage.
However, the company is yet to determine if threat actors have stolen any information from its systems.
The Japanese firm did not reveal the type of cyberattack it suffered; however, the problems it is facing and the incident response procedure adopted suggest it was the victim of a ransomware attack.
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