Capcom says breach exposed data from 11.7 million Capcom ID accounts
Original title: Hacker breached Capcom ID – obtained data from 11 million accounts and started changing passwords
The attacker changed passwords on 196 accounts even though stored passwords were not accessed.
Capcom said on October 22 that a third party gained unauthorized access to Capcom ID and obtained data from 11.7 million accounts. Exposed data included email addresses, account-creation and last-login times, login counts, and the last-login IP address. For 43 accounts, date of birth, gender, country or region, and nickname were also accessed. Passwords were not obtained, but the attacker changed passwords on 196 accounts, which Capcom reset.
Unconfirmed: Details come from a machine translation of a Russian report quoting Capcom; the intrusion method is not described.
- Capcom acknowledged the incident on October 22.
- 11.7 million accounts had email and login metadata exposed.
- Only 43 accounts had birth date, gender, region, and nickname exposed.
- Capcom reset the 196 passwords the attacker changed.
Impact: Account emails, login metadata, and limited profile data exposed
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Capcom ID | — |
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2 min read at databreaches.netThe following is a machine translation of an article that originally appeared in Russian. Boris Piletskiy writes: On October 22, Capcom acknowledged a massive user data breach. A hacker managed to breach Capcom ID and access data for 11.
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