Capcom Confirms Hackers Stole Data in Recent Attack

Japanese video game giant Capcom this week confirmed that a large amount of data was stolen from its systems during a ransomware attack several weeks ago.


Best known for multi-million-selling game franchises such as Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, and Street Fighter, Capcom has subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, and North America.


In early November, Capcom announced that it was forced to suspend some operations due to unauthorized access to its internal network and that email and file servers were affected.


The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang, which was responsible for the attack, claimed at the time that it managed to steal vast troves of data from Capcom, including bank statements, financial documents, intellectual property, personal information of both customers and employees, emails and private chats, and other data.


On Monday, Capcom revealed that its investigation into the incident has indeed confirmed that data was stolen during the ransomware attack, including personal information of current and former employees, sales reports, and financial information.


The stolen data, the company says, includes names and signatures, addresses, passport information, and human resources information.


According to the game maker, a large amount of other information might have been stolen as well, including help desk information (Japan), store member and esports operations website member information (North America), a list of shareholders, and former employee and applicant data.


The potentially affected information includes names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, photos, birthdates, shareholder numbers, and amount of shareholdings. More than 350,000 people could be affected, Capcom revealed.


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