Capcom Co., Ltd. (Capcom) has determined that certain customer information associated with CAPCOM ID*1, an online membership account service operated by the company, was subject to unauthorized access by a third party. Capcom sincerely apologizes for the complications and concern this has caused its customers and other stakeholders.
(*1 CAPCOM ID is a unified account that registrants can use to access various web services, and which is needed to play certain Capcom games online.)
Capcom has completed the necessary emergency response measures, and services that use CAPCOM ID remain available for use. Additionally, this incident does not affect players’ ability to access or play any of our games. The facts confirmed at this time and the company’s response to the incident are outlined below.
1. Overview of Information Affected (as of October 22)
(1) Email address records, system-specific identifier information*2
Number of affected records: 11,774,247 records (worldwide total)
(*2 Date and time of account creation, date and time of last login, number of logins, client IP address used during last login)(2) Records of date of birth, gender, country/region, and nickname
Number of affected records: of the total in (1), 43 records(3) Unauthorized changes to CAPCOM ID account login passwords
Number of affected accounts: of the total in (1), 196 accountsCapcom has not confirmed any compromise of CAPCOM ID account login passwords originally set by customers themselves. However, the company has confirmed that passwords were changed without authorization on 196 accounts. The passwords associated with these accounts have already been reset, and the company continues to investigate the scope of any impact resulting from this incident.
Going forward, Capcom will notify customers affected by this incident. Credit card information was not included among the affected information.
I guess my digital footprint has now expanded to people being able to pinpoint the fact that C. Viper is my main.
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