Video game giant Capcom has revealed that it was recently affected by a ransomware attack that could affect up to 350.000 players. The Japanese video game developer and publisher, which is best known for its Resident Evil, Street Fighter and Monster Hunter franchises, previously said there were no indications customer information was accessed after suffering a disruptive cyberattack earlier this month. . -this. However, in a new update, Capcom has confirmed that its servers have been affected by a ransomware attack launched by the RagnarLocker group. The responsible hackers then posted the company's data on their dark web website with a message stating that the company "had not made the right decision and saved the data from the leaks." Based on this post, it appears that Capcom failed to pay RagnarLocker's ransom demands and the company found another way to restore the encrypted data, possibly using a cloud backup or recovery service. after the disaster.
Custom ransomware attack
While 350.00 gamers may be affected by the ransomware attack launched against Capcom, the company explained in a press release that RagnarLocker did not see credit card information as all online transactions are managed by a third-party service provider, saying : “None of the risk data contains credit card information. All online transactions etc. they are managed by a third-party service provider and, as such, Capcom does not retain such information internally. Since the total amount of data potentially compromised cannot be specifically determined due to issues such as the loss of certain records as a result of the attack, Capcom has listed the maximum number of items that it has determined to be potentially affected at present. "The information obtained from the ransomware attack includes various combinations of names, addresses, birthdays, phone numbers, and email addresses, depending on whether the data was obtained from Capcom's Japanese customer service (134.000 items), the Store American Capcom (14.000 items) or esports organization (4.000 items).In addition, personal data was also collected from former Capcom employees (28.000 people) and candidates who applied to work for the company (125.000 people).Capcom notified the ICO in the UK, the Personal Information Protection Commission in Japan, and local authorities about the incident. It also "commissioned a third-party security company to inspect system problems resulting from this incident." We may know more about the extent of the RagnarLocker ransomware attack on Capcom once it announces the results of this inspection, although the company has said that it is safe for gamers to play its. games and use their websites.- We've also highlighted the best VPN services