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Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa and several of its properties have been offline for four days after a major cyber attack. A Sunday statement posted to a temporary website reveals that the group detected an issue that prevented access to multiple servers early on Saturday, June 8. "In response to this incident, we …

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  1. An_Old_Dog Silver badge

    Begging the Question

    Ebiten's statement that it does not store customers' credit card details in its servers begs the question, "Whose servers does Ebiten store its customers' credit card details on? (And how are they secured?)"

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    1. GraXXoR Bronze badge
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      Re: Begging the Question

      It uses 3rd party payment broker, PayPay which is connected to Yahoo Japan.

      PayPay is the most popular electronic payment method over here.

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      1. An_Old_Dog Silver badge
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        Re: Begging the Question [Popular Doesn't Mean Secure]

        PayPay suffered a major security breach. See details here:

        https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/japan-suffered-record-number-of-privacy-and-security-violations-in-2020/

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        1. cyberdemon Silver badge
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          Re: Begging the Question [Popular Doesn't Mean Secure]

          Sounds like they were Ebiten by the same bug ...

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  2. james 68

    might want to change that.

    Gonna assume you mean ebten (e-commerce site) as opposed to ebiten (relatively famous shrimp tempura chain).

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