Security News > 2021 > January > Capcom: 390,000 people may be affected by ransomware data breach

Capcom has released a new update for their data breach investigation and state that up to 390,000 people may now be affected by their November ransomware attack.

On November 2nd, Capcom suffered a cyberattack by the Ragnar Locker ransomware operation who stated they stole 1TB of data from the company.

Soon after Ragnar Locker leaked Capcom's stolen data, the company disclosed that they suffered a data breach where nine types personal information were exposed.

In an update to the investigation released today, Capcom states that they have confirmed 16,415 people whose personal information was exposed, with a possible total number of affected people to be 390,000.

For the confirmed 16,406 people, Capcom states the exposed data could be a mix of names, addresses, phone numbers, HT information, and email addresses.

Regarding the cumulative maximum number of potentially compromised data above: as part of its ongoing investigation, Capcom has determined that it currently does not see evidence for the possibility of data compromise for the approximate 18,000 items of personal information from North America that the company included in its November 16, 2020 announcement.

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