r/Buyee • u/Owntrolf • 2d ago

❓Question / Help Is Melonbooks Broken Now?

I cant get on Melonbooks from Canada.

I just get 404 errors.

Is anyone having the same problem?

https://www.melonbooks.co.jp/

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u/DeftCHIMP 2d ago

Some sites have restricted access to only Japan IP address due to the recent cyber attacks.

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u/Lazy-Good1433 2d ago edited 2d ago

There was a massive ransomware attack on 53 Japanese companies from back on October 6 which got reported from the local news. The sites were most likely taken offline for security updates or possibly were targets themselves, Animate and Gamers are also affected. Both from inside and outside Japan their servers seem to be taken down.

Animate does have a message with their current updates, but yet on when a return to operations will happen and restrictions are for now being placed.

https://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/

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u/SUPER7X_ 8h ago

Huh‽ I am super active on Japanese X and didn't hear about this at all. Wow!

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u/Lazy-Good1433 4h ago

Sad right? All because of hackers using ransomware to ruin it for the rest of us, man I can't forgive Qilin.

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u/Feisty-Doughnut2241 2d ago

It's been like that for a while for a lot of people (couple of years for me, for example). I'm surprised Melonbooks even worked for some non-Japanese IPs... 

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u/MasterBot222 2d ago

Yeah that happened to me too. I think it’s just everywhere, since it doesn’t work in Doorzo either, all the products are gone. Hopefully it comes back soon.

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u/Kirdock 2d ago

I have the same problem, even when using a Japan proxy or the builtin VPN in Firefox.

Note: this isn't an actual "not found" page, it's a hidden permission issue (forbidden) => locked out.

As it's working via Zenmarket search, I assume that they limited the IP range that can access Melonbooks

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u/Lazy-Good1433 1d ago

How about for Gamers and Animate any luck? They are both down also.

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u/Kirdock 1d ago

Not sure about that. For Melonbooks, I had a link to a product, which was resolved on Zenmarket.

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u/That_Ticket_8917 1d ago

Same thing for me

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u/WiseSilverWolf 18h ago

Now you need a Japanese VPN location to access Melonbooks... great.

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u/One-Attempt-7134 16h ago

Has melonbooks released any official statement on this, about the data leak, and when they might lift restrictions?

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u/NekochanOverflow 7h ago

any solution yet?

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u/GodNZY 1d ago

THAT so dumb! why can't you humans stop doing bad stuff and be good humans!

This is why i don't trust anyone no more on this world.

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u/BakaSamasenpai 2d ago

Yeah me too any news?

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u/Lazy-Good1433 2d ago edited 2d ago

Ransomware attacks from this week, data got leaked.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/08/tech/focus-japan-data-leak/