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Viz Media's X/Twitter Hacked

Viz Media confirmed with ANN on Tuesday that its X/Twitter has been hacked. The company added that the is currently being rectified. Viz's X/Twitter currently has a name that only consists of a period and no profile picture. Since Monday, the has reposted several posts by the X/Twitter "Safety" and "Engineering" s. On Monday, the hacked had made several posts about cryptocurrency and a "$VIZ" Digital Token, and those posts have since been deleted. Although a $VIZ token exists, it is not d with Viz Media.

Following the post about the digital token, the has since made one normal post about the Facebook at that time, and other regular posts have appeared on Viz's Facebook page since Monday.

In a related story, a released a statement to ANN last Friday, stating that it was aware that credentials for several streaming services, including Crunchyroll, were posted on social media and have resolved the issue. This follows rumors spread on social media last Thursday that many names and s of Crunchyroll subscribers were allegedly posted on social media.

Viz Media Shonen Jump service.

Source: Email correspondence