Niconico restores services after emergency PHP vulnerability maintenance
Niconico ended emergency maintenance that began at 19:00 on October 21, while Live and Encyclopedia stayed online throughout.
Niconico restored its services after emergency maintenance that began at 19:00 on October 21, according to news.denfaminicogamer.jp. The shutdown was a precautionary measure following the announcement of a serious vulnerability in the PHP programming language.
Dwango director and COO Shigetaka Kurita posted about the restoration on X.
Alongside the core video service, maintenance also ended for Niconico Channel, Niconico Premium, Niconico Points, Niconico Advertising and its Gift features, Creator Support, Niconico Garage, Niconico Manga and the VocaColle app.
Niconico Live and Niconico Encyclopedia remained online during the maintenance because their technical setup was not affected by the vulnerability.
Quick answers
Why did Niconico go into emergency maintenance?
Dwango described it as a precautionary measure after a serious vulnerability was announced in the PHP programming language.
Which Niconico services stayed online?
Niconico Live and Niconico Encyclopedia stayed online because their technical setup was not affected by the vulnerability.