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Capcom confirms a data breach has affected over 11 million people, with emails, IP addresses, and birthdays caught up in the mix

If you have a Capcom ID, you may want to check your email to see if you are one of the 11,774,247 caught in the latest Capcom data breach.

Capcom has issued a public apology (via Notebook Check), declaring that "unauthorised access by a third party occurred to our online membership service 'CAPCOM ID', resulting in the leakage of some customer information. "

The 11 million figure is the number of email addresses with system-specific identification information (like account creation time, last login, and client IP address on last login) that were leaked. 43 accounts had additional information exposed, including the date of birth, gender, country/region, and nickname on the account.

196 Capcom accounts have also had their login passwords illegally changed, though the company says "No leaks of passwords set by the customers themselves have been confirmed". …

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