Capcom has confirmed a major network breach that compromised 11.77 million user accounts. Unauthorized hackers infiltrated company servers this week, exposing player email addresses and unique account identifiers. While payment card information remains secure, the publisher is resetting passwords and warning users to watch for phishing scams.
Capcom discovered the intrusion this week after unauthorized access reached internal account databases. The breach exposed email addresses and system identification codes across 11.77 million profiles. For a smaller group of 43 users, the hackers gathered additional personal records including dates of birth, gender, country details, and usernames. The attackers also managed to alter passwords for 196 individual accounts. Capcom immediately reset those altered credentials to block unauthorized takeovers.
Financial data and credit card details were not accessed during the attack according to corporate statements. Capcom is notifying affected players directly while investigating the intrusion. The exposure of millions of email addresses creates a direct risk of fraudulent communications. Capcom advises users to avoid opening suspicious email attachments or clicking unknown links sent to their inboxes.
This incident marks another major data theft for the Japanese gaming publisher. A previous cyber attack in 2020 compromised personal information belonging to hundreds of thousands of customers and former staff members. Capcom stated that internal investigations continue alongside efforts to deploy new technical safeguards across its network infrastructure.
