The developer of popular video game franchises took swift action to prevent the attack from spreading further across its systems
Japanese video game developer Capcom has disclosed that it was the victim of a cyberattack that affected some of its systems. The publisher of a long list of popular franchises, including Street Fighter and Resident Evil, first noticed signs of the intrusion on Monday before apparently taking swift action to prevent the attack from spreading across its systems.
“Beginning in the early morning hours of November 2, 2020 some of the Capcom Group networks experienced issues that affected access to certain systems, including email and file servers,” reads the notice on the company’s website.
While the company did not disclose the culprit behind the attack or the method through which its systems were breached, it did confirm that an unknown third-party gaining unauthorized access to its systems, which led Capcom to suspend some of its operations on its internal networks.
[Press Release]"Notice Regarding Network Issues due to Unauthorized Access" added.https://t.co/A93ataMLtN
— Capcom IR (@Capcom_IR) November 4, 2020
The game developer claimed that currently there is no evidence to suggest that any that customer information was compromised. Having said that, it may be too early to make any conclusions as the investigation is still ongoing.
The company went on to assure players that the incident had no bearing on the connections used to play the studio’s games online ..
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