FUNimation Entertainment released a statement on Friday regarding the data breach on its website which dated back July 2016. Some important information of its users like dates-of-birth, email addresses, and names have been leaked. There is a bit of good news however: the passwords were not leaked for the data was encrypted. Users who ever affected by this data breach were immediately sent notifications for them to do the necessary changes on their accounts.
Below contains their official statement:
Safeguarding the privacy and security of our customers’ information is a top priority.
In August 2016 we learned that our web application forum software was the subject of a sophisticated intrusion. Upon learning of the issue, our incident response team promptly launched an investigation and has been working very closely with one of the nation’s leading cybersecurity firms that regularly investigates and analyzes these types of incidents. Following our complex forensic investigation, which was recently concluded, we devoted considerable time and effort to determine what information contained within the forums database may have been compromised.
Funimation has sent written notification to those customers whose names, e-mail addresses, and dates of birth may have been accessed, as required by state notice laws. Passwords were encrypted and not viewable as a result of this incident.
We are taking proactive steps to strengthen our IT systems moving forward to prevent similar issues in the future. We immediately turned off the forums web application and have since changed all administrator passwords, relaunched an updated version of the site with additional security, increased the complexity of the passwords required for user accounts and upgraded the Forums Platform.
According the websites Vigilante and ”Have I been pwned?”, around 2.5 million accounts were affected by the data breach.
More information can be found at Anime News Network.