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Capcom Says 11.77 Million CAPCOM ID Records Were Exposed
Capcom says attackers accessed its CAPCOM ID membership service, used by customers around the world.
The company says 11,774,247 records were exposed, including email addresses and account activity details.
For 43 accounts, the exposed information also included birth dates or nicknames; another account of the incident says some users’ gender and country or region details were exposed.
Login passwords and credit card details were not leaked, but attackers changed the passwords on 196 accounts.
Capcom says it reset those passwords, blocked the access and restored its services, with no reported effect on its games or other services.
The company is still investigating and plans to contact affected users, while working on measures to prevent another incident.
Capcom said information from 11,774,247 CAPCOM ID records worldwide was exposed after unauthorized access to the service.
The exposed information included email addresses, account creation dates, last login times and login counts.
In 43 cases, dates of birth or nicknames were also affected, and 196 accounts had their login passwords changed without authorization.
Capcom said customer-set passwords and credit card information were not exposed.
The company said it had blocked the access, reset affected passwords and reported the incident to police and Japan’s Personal Information Protection Commission.
- Who
- Capcom and users of its CAPCOM ID online membership service.
- What
- Unauthorized access exposed information from 11,774,247 records. Passwords were changed without authorization on 196 accounts.
- When
- Capcom announced the incident on October 22, 2026. It found signs of unauthorized access on October 19 and confirmed the leak on October 20.
- Where
- CAPCOM ID, Capcom’s online membership service; the exposed records were counted worldwide.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Capcom found signs of unauthorized access, blocked the source that day and began investigating the impact.
Capcom confirmed that information had been exposed.
Capcom announced the incident and said it had reported it to police and Japan’s Personal Information Protection Commission.
- Exposed records
- 11,774,247 worldwide
- Accounts with password changes
- 196
- Records with dates of birth or nicknames affected
- 43
- Access traces found
- October 19
- Leak confirmed
- October 20
- Announcement
- October 22, 2026
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Capcom says a data breach affected more than 11 million Capcom ID accounts, credit card details unaffected
カプコン、一部ユーザー情報が流出。「CAPCOM ID」に不正アクセス（GAME Watch）
BREAKING NEWS: Game developer Capcom says over 11 mil. email addresses leaked
カプコン「CAPCOM ID」に不正アクセス メアドなど１１７７万件超の情報漏えい、約２００件でパスワード不正変更被害
カプコン、1177万件漏えい 不正アクセスで
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We have not confirmed any leakage of passwords set by customers themselves.