{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d391ceceb4bfb4ad80336352","clusterId":"c_9e4584821e60569a8920b9cc","slug":"capcom-confirms-breach-affecting-11-7-million-capcom-id-accounts","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Capcom Confirms Breach Affecting 11.7 Million CAPCOM ID Accounts","summary":"CAPCOM said Thursday that a third party gained unauthorized access to its CAPCOM ID membership service, affecting email address records and system-level identifiers for 11,777,247 people worldwide. Passwords were changed without authorization on 196 accounts, and personal records such as date of birth, gender, country, and nickname were accessed in 43 cases. CAPCOM says no credit card data was affected and that affected passwords have been reset.","whyItMatters":"The disclosure puts a four-day timeline on record: suspicious activity detected Monday, an internal response headquarters stood up Tuesday, and reports filed Wednesday with the Osaka Prefectural Police and Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission, with customer notification still to come.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eCAPCOM\u0026#39;s account of the incident runs day by day. Suspicious activity turned up on Monday, and the company blocked access and started an investigation the same day. On Tuesday it set up an internal incident response headquarters and reported the affected data to an external Information Technology Security Oversight Committee. On Wednesday it filed with the Osaka Prefectural Police and Japan\u0026#39;s Personal Information Protection Commission. The company says it has opened dedicated customer-support channels and will notify affected customers going forward.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The 11.7 million CAPCOM ID records mostly held email addresses and system identifiers, not payment data. CAPCOM's disclosure separates scale from severity: the count is large, the sensitive exposure is narrow.","twitterPost":"CAPCOM's 11.7 million CAPCOM ID figure is scale, not severity. Email records dominated; card data was untouched.","threadsPost":"CAPCOM's 11.7 million CAPCOM ID breach number sounds enormous, but the affected data is mostly email addresses and system identifiers. Passwords were changed on 196 accounts and personal records touched in 43 cases. The count and the harm are different measures.","newsletterBlurb":"CAPCOM disclosed that a third party accessed its CAPCOM ID service, affecting email records and system identifiers for 11,777,247 people worldwide. Passwords on 196 accounts were changed without authorization, and 43 cases involved personal records. The company says no credit card data was affected and that it has reported the breach to the Osaka Prefectural Police and Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-22/capcom-confirms-data-breach-of-over-11-million-user-accounts/.243110\",\"title\":\"Capcom Confirms Data Breach of Over 11 Million User Accounts\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4247,"outputTokens":583,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792686128,"createdAt":"2026-10-22T16:16:23.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T16:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T16:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_9e4584821e60569a8920b9cc","canonicalTitle":"News\nCapcom Confirms Data Breach of Over 11 Million User Accounts","representativeArticleId":"a_5c5955c518f00ab2f1fe1b3e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Capcom ID\"],\"studios\":[\"Capcom\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-22T14:51:10.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-22T14:51:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T16:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-22/capcom-confirms-data-breach-of-over-11-million-user-accounts/.243110","title":"News\nCapcom Confirms Data Breach of Over 11 Million User Accounts"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Capcom ID"],"studios":["Capcom"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}