Crunchyroll’s official German Twitter account advised users early on Saturday to avoid accessing the Crunchyroll website, explaining that there was a problem with “malicious software.”
The company’s German Twitter account noted that Crunchyroll’s American social media staff members were not awake when the problem first appeared.
Crunchyroll’s English Twitter account reported at 12:31 p.m. EDT that the website was back online.
Crunchyroll’s parent company Ellation posted a blog post on Saturday explaining the situation of what happened to Crunchyroll’s website earlier in the day.