The threat actor Black Suit Ransomware claimed to have attacked Kadokawa Corporation and encrypted their files. In the message, it is stated that as a result of the alleged attack 1,5 TB of data was downloaded from Kadokawa Corporation’s networks.
In the message they published on their website, the ransomware group claimed that they downloaded the contracts, DocuSigned papers, various legal documents; platform users’ data such as email addresses, data usage, links opened; business planning documents such as presentations; emails; offers; project related data such as codes, emails, payments; financial data such as payments, transfers and other internal-use-only documents.
The threat actor claims that the media conglomerate was able to detect the threat actor but was unable to stop them. The message also claims that Kadokawa Corporation and the threat actor are trying to set a deal but the price offered by the Corporation is low according to the ransomware group.