Security News > 2021 > March > MangaDex manga site temporarily shut down after cyberattack
Manga scanlation giant MangaDex has been temporarily shut down after suffering a cyberattack and having its source code stolen.
MangaDex is one of the largest manga scanlation sites where visitors can read manga comics online for free.
According to SimilarWeb, MangaDex is the 179th most frequently visited site on the web, with over 76 million visitors per month.
After suffering a series of outages since March 17th, MangaDex revealed yesterday that a threat actor had gained access to an admin and developer account, as well as the source code to the site.
After MangaDex learned that the threat actor still had access to their environment, they announced that they were temporarily shutting down the site while they worked on and launched a more secure 'v5' version of the site.
"Due to a recent hacking incident, MangaDex will be down until further notice."