TOKYO, Aug 06 (News On Japan) –
Niconico, the video-sharing service, has totally resumed operations after being offline for almost two months as a consequence of a cyberattack.
In June, publishing large KADOKAWA suffered a cyberattack that led to an information breach involving private data held by the group. The assault additionally triggered system disruptions, ensuing within the suspension of providers like Niconico for nearly two months.
Dwango, the corporate working Niconico, accomplished restoration work and resumed the service on Monday. The non permanent service presently in operation will now be discontinued.
Dwango additionally introduced that different providers will steadily resume by the tip of this month. Additionally, the corporate plans to compensate paying members by refunding the membership charges for the interval throughout which providers have been unavailable.
Source: TBS