Capcom Hit With Data Breach Affecting 11 Million Accounts, Warns Users of Potential Phishing Emails
Capcom has announced a significant data breach affecting its Capcom ID system, impacting approximately 11 million accounts globally. The breach exposed details such as account creation and login times, IP addresses, and for a smaller subset of accounts, birth dates, gender, and nicknames. While passwords and credit card information were not compromised, Capcom is warning users of potential phishing attacks and has reported the incident to Japanese authorities. The company is investigating the full scope and implementing measures to prevent future occurrences.
- Entities
- Game: Street Fighter 6
- Game: Monster Hunter Wilds
- Platform: Nintendo Switch
- Game: Dragon's Dogma 2
- Platform: PlayStation 5
- Platform: Xbox Series X
- Topic: Phishing
- Platform: PC
- Topic: Data Breach
- Company: Capcom
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