{"id":67652,"date":"2026-06-04T14:27:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=67652"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:27:44","slug":"clannad-publisher-visual-arts-suffers-major-data-breach-including-overseas-leak-of-keys-latest-visual-novel-personal-information-potentially-compromised-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/clannad-publisher-visual-arts-suffers-major-data-breach-including-overseas-leak-of-keys-latest-visual-novel-personal-information-potentially-compromised-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Clannad publisher Visual Arts suffers major data breach, including overseas leak of Key\u2019s latest visual novel. Personal information potentially compromised too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Visual Arts, the owner of the Key brand, known for titles such as Air and Clannad, issued a statement on June 4, explaining that the company had recently suffered a major data breach. According to the PDF file detailing the incident, the whole gold master build of the company\u2019s latest title <strong>anemoi <\/strong>was leaked, and there is a possibility that other personal and confidential information may have been compromised. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[Important Announcement]<br>There is a possibility that private information under our possession may have been leaked.<br>We deeply apologize to our customers and all involved parties for the concern and trouble caused by this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6slWQOrLWO\">pic.twitter.com\/6slWQOrLWO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; VISUAL ARTS Co.,Ltd. (@VisualArtsUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VisualArtsUSA\/status\/2062376821220573187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Visual Arts has confirmed that the gold master build of anemoi, had been uploaded without permission to an overseas website on April 19, prior to the game\u2019s official release on April 24. Upon investigating the leak, the company concluded that there is a high possibility a third party stole the authentication credentials for their cloud storage and internal portal system, running off with the game as well as other confidential information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, the company filed a report to Japan\u2019s Personal Information Protection Commission on May 11, and says it will be in contact with other relevant authorities regarding the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Visual Arts, over 10,000 pieces of personal and confidential information have been compromised and possibly leaked by a third party. This includes personal information of company employees, customers, business partners, job applicants, and other related parties. However, as the situation is still being investigated at the time of writing, the numbers and information presented in the company\u2019s statement have not been finalized yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"454\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260604-676520001.jpg\" alt=\"anemoi\" class=\"wp-image-67659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260604-676520001.jpg 807w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260604-676520001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260604-676520001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, except for the leakage of anemoi\u2019s master build, there haven\u2019t been any other confirmed cases of Visual Arts\u2019 personal and confidential information being disseminated or abused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has already begun taking measures to prevent similar incidents from happening again. This includes revamping internal system credentials and log-in rights, setting up a 24-hour monitoring structure, establishing a system to detect suspicious actions within internal servers, and strengthening information security training for employees.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Visual Arts\u2019 official online store VA STORE has temporarily suspended all new orders, and the website has been put under maintenance at the time of writing. In case you suspect you\u2019ve been affected, Visual Arts has established a Special Contact Point to which you can make an enquiry directly (for contact details, please check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VisualArtsUSA\/status\/2062376821220573187?s=20\">full document<\/a> via X).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/guilty-gear-strive-developer-acknowledges-data-leak-says-player-information-is-unaffected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guilty Gear Strive developer acknowledges data leak, says player information is unaffected\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/fromsoftwares-parent-company-reports-major-growth-despite-serious-losses-from-cyberattack-with-elden-ring-dlc-powerfully-driving-its-whole-game-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FromSoftware\u2019s parent company reports major growth despite serious losses from cyberattack, with Elden Ring DLC \u201cpowerfully driving\u201d its whole game sector\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual Arts, owner of the visual novel brand Key, recently reported a major data breach with 10,000 personal records potentially compromised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":67665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-67652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Clannad publisher Visual Arts suffers major data breach, including overseas leak of Key\u2019s latest visual novel. 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