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Netflix, Crunchyroll Impacted by Data Leak, With Full Episodes of Anime Titles Released (thewrap.com) 15

An anonymous reader writes: Netflix and Crunchyroll titles leaked on Thursday, with full episodes of shows released on social media including the anticipated "Heartstopper" Season 3 and anime fare like "Arcane" and the Season 3 premiere of "Re:Zero."

The leak was first reported internationally, as fans spotted clips of unfinished footage on social media, "One of our post-production partners has been compromised and footage from several of our titles has unfortunately leaked online," a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement exclusively to TheWrap Thursday night. "Our team is aggressively taking action to have it taken down."

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Netflix, Crunchyroll Impacted by Data Leak, With Full Episodes of Anime Titles Released

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  • Workprint version?

    • Apparently it was a dubbing studio that got hacked.
      Kind of poses an interesting question. You can take all the security measures you want, but if none of your partners take security seriously, you're screwed.

  • by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Friday August 09, 2024 @09:56AM (#64692570)
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    • I doubt a leak like this will hurt legitimate viewing, so long as it is suppressed enough to not be the norm. If they lay down and stopped policing it at all, sure that would remove the incentive to pay.
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        • I want to acknowledge the honest and reasonable response you've made. I disagree, but that doesn't change the fact that you don't deserve to be downmodded (I don't think you need to be upmodded either, but that is not the subject here).

          /. moderation should not be used to push personal agendas. Whoever downmodded you would do well to learn that.

          I think it's worse than it was 25 years ago due to the diminished user base (and site admins). When we had thousands of daily users (and those users were largely guys who had been acculturated through various formats like Usenet, BBS, IRC, etc.) there was a shared understanding that we all like to eviscerate each other's arguments, but "game recognize game" and if someone makes an insightful point, their skill in expressing their argument deserves promotion. With a high volume of daily users, the idiots at

    • This effects nothing. So a few title lists got released, so what? So a few episodes of some manga-to-anime got sprung early. So what? This isn't anything big. (Had never heard of Heartstopper, and never cared that Re:Zero existed.) This doesn't effect anyone and any price rises are a cash-grab when what they really need to do is tighten up some security.
      • Lawsuits. Someone screwed up. Contracts were probably violated. And someone is going to seek damages. Those damages are going to be a complete fantasy but that is how the legal system works around copyright and corporate contract law.

    • Why shouldn't they have had competent security before this?

      Why should we cry tears for Sony, some of the worst scum around?

  • Are any of these shows Kadokawa? I'm too lazy and uncaring to google it.

    I say this, because Kadokawa and subsidiaries got hit a few weeks ago with a "cyber incident" but as usual, news from Japan is very filtered.

    My bet is there was more than just ransomware locking up systems. Someone had to exfiltrate all this.

    Maybe it's time to hang ransomware perps, the same way literal pirates used to hang back in the age of sail.

    And, besides hanging the perps, also jail the CEO, CIO and CSO of companies that get com

  • by ebyrob ( 165903 ) on Friday August 09, 2024 @10:43AM (#64692682)

    Oh noes! Previews of our mostly free to watch episodes went out early and will generate a ton of news! What will we do?

  • Jack up prices, stick ads everywhere, then whine when you shit gets stolen.

    Fuck 'em.

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