About 12 hours to 2 hours ago this Saturday morning, Crunchyroll was hit by someone trying to redirect its URL to their own, and telling users to "download out new Crunchy Viewer app". What it actually does is download a piece of malware that can seriously harm your computer! This doesn't sound like the type of hack that would say take your credit card hostage, or use all your sessions for themselves- if it was just a redirect, nothing from your account should be affected. Crunchyroll's (foreign??) Twitter account says it's not a hack, when in fact what I just described is one of those very definitions of one.
The worst part is that at this time, Crunchyroll isn't even 100% certain it's even a redirect! Their English-speaking Twitter account has said nothing on the matter! And there is even some saying there's a possibility that it could be downloading RANSOMWARE, a more serious type of malware that steals your information with the exchange of a large sum of money!
Oh, and did I mention that the pirating anime site Kissanime is under a very similar hack occurring at the exact same time as Crunchyroll!??
I have no idea what this could mean for the Funimation site (I have yet to go there since hearing of the hack), or any other anime site, but I would be wary when using any of these today and tomorrow!
You may now. Crap your pants. Synchronized. In a dance musical number.