This record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the
blacksuit group against
KADOKAWA Corporation. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and
timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAP
Window Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before
anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered
on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2).
The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.
795days open
t1 · Published
t2 · Pending
Business Category
Telecommunications
Disclosed / Notified
Not disclosed yet
Attack Summary
Our team gained access to the Kadokawa network almost a month ago. It took some time, because of the language, to figure out that Kadokawa subsidiaries' networks were connected to each other and to get through all the mess Kadokawa's IT department made there. We have discovered that Kadokawa networks architecture was not organised properly. It was different networks connected to the one big Kadokawas infrastructure being controlled through global control points, such as eSXI and V-sphere. Once we have gained access to the control center we have encrypted the whole network (Dwango, NicoNico, Kadokawa, other subsidiaries).
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLE
Proof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are
redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.
Dark Web Exposure
Findings for kadokawa.co.jp
— indexed by HaveIBeenRansom.
206
found in Infostealer logs
236+
found in Traditional breaches
1+
found in Ransomware leaks
2844Breaches_BF.7z
B F R e p o V 3 F i l e s · breach
••• emails
OnlinerSpambot_BF.7z
B F R e p o V 3 F i l e s · breach
••• emails
Dropbox_BF.7z
B F R e p o V 3 F i l e s · breach
••• emails
Cit0day [cit0day.in] breaches.csv
LKnet reserve chat · breach
••• emails
AntiPublic_BF.7z
B F R e p o V 3 F i l e s · breach
••• emails
B F R e p o V 3 F i l e s · breach
••• emails
Database World ROC · breach
••• emails
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