Capcom ID breach exposes 11.7 million gamer accounts' emails and login details

Capcom says hackers got into its CAPCOM ID account system and took email addresses and login records for about 11.77 million accounts. Passwords and card details were not taken, it says.

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- Email address, account creation date, last login time, login count and last-login IP for 11,774,247 accounts
- 43 accounts also lost date of birth, gender, country and nickname
- 196 accounts had their passwords changed by the attackers; Capcom has reset them
- Capcom says it found no leak of the passwords customers set and that no credit card information was involved. Games and CAPCOM ID services are still running.
- Treat unexpected emails claiming to be Capcom with suspicion
- Don't open their links or attachments
- If you reused your CAPCOM ID password elsewhere, change it there
- Capcom says it will contact affected customers one by one
- Capcom found signs of the intrusion and cut off access on October 19, confirmed customer data had leaked on October 20, reported it to police and Japan's privacy regulator on October 21, and announced it on October 22.

Read full analysis on capcom.co.jp

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