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Capcom discloses breach affecting more than 11.7 million Capcom ID users

Engadget reports Capcom says unauthorized access to its Capcom ID service involved account emails and password changes, but not card data.

Updated Oct 24, 2026 · 18:24 UTC1 reports

The short version

Capcom says a third party gained unauthorized access to its Capcom ID online membership service, affecting more than 11.7 million users.[Engadget]
The breach reportedly included millions of account emails, plus birth dates, gender, country or region, and nicknames for 43 accounts.[Engadget]
Passwords were changed without authorization on 196 accounts, and Capcom says credit card information was not included.[Engadget]
Capcom urged users to watch for phishing scam emails, while Capcom ID remains available.[Engadget]

Capcom confirmed a data breach affecting more than 11.7 million users.[Engadget]
Capcom said its online membership service was hit with unauthorized access by a third party.[Engadget]
Capcom said the incident began on October 19, when it detected suspicious activity indicating potential unauthorized access to Capcom ID.[Engadget]
According to Capcom's statement, the breach included millions of account emails, plus birth dates, gender, country or region, and nicknames for 43 accounts.[Engadget]
Unauthorized changes were made to 196 account passwords.[Engadget]
Capcom stated that customer credit card information was not included in the breach.[Engadget]
Capcom urged users to watch for phishing scam emails.[Engadget]

The breach details rest on Capcom's own statement as reported by Engadget; no independent verification is cited.[Engadget]
The reporting does not establish whether the attacker obtained all listed data for every affected user or only for some accounts.[Engadget]

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