{"rewrite":{"id":"r_fa310747af7e7fddca98410e","clusterId":"c_94d6a85c2e0058cf4bb7bc1f","slug":"h2-interactive-reports-member-data-leak-at-direct-games","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"H2 Interactive Reports Member Data Leak At DIRECT GAMES","summary":"H2 INTERACTIVE said member information leaked from DIRECT GAMES, the PC game key store run by its Japanese subsidiary H2INT Corporation, after unauthorized third-party access between October 17 and October 18, 2026. Leaked data includes member IDs (email addresses), encrypted login passwords, dates of birth, names, and order histories. The company says credit card numbers are not held and were not leaked.","whyItMatters":"The breach touched the account records customers use across other services, which is why the notice pushes password resets and warns about impersonation emails.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe company blocked communications from the source of the access and reported the incident to the Personal Information Protection Commission. It has set up a response task force and is telling all members to reset their passwords.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigation of the circumstances that allowed the access is ongoing with outside specialist organizations, and the company says it will add permanent measures and email affected customers. DIRECT GAMES had recently asked registered users to reset passwords after maintenance tied to security enhancements.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe company warns customers not to open suspicious emails that impersonate the store, and to change passwords reused on other services.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"DIRECT GAMES says card numbers were never stored, so the leak is email, birth dates, names and order history. That is the material for credential-stuffing and targeted phishing against H2 Interactive's own customers.","twitterPost":"DIRECT GAMES held no card numbers, so the leak is identity and order history. That is enough to run targeted phishing on H2 Interactive's customers.","threadsPost":"DIRECT GAMES stores no card numbers, which means what leaked is the slower kind of damage: emails, birth dates, names and order histories tied to real purchases. H2 Interactive's breach notice is clean on payments, but that data is what targeted phishing is built from.","newsletterBlurb":"H2 INTERACTIVE disclosed that member information leaked from DIRECT GAMES, its Japanese subsidiary's PC game key store, after unauthorized access between October 17 and October 18, 2026. Email addresses, encrypted passwords, birth dates, names, and order histories were exposed; the company says credit card numbers are not held. It has blocked the source, reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission, and asked all members to reset passwords.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/28/174177.html\",\"title\":\"Unauthorized Access at PC Game Key Store \\\"DIRECT GAMES\\\" Results in Leak of Member Information\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5145,"outputTokens":703,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793172869,"createdAt":"2026-10-28T07:29:19.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-28T07:33:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:33:26.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_94d6a85c2e0058cf4bb7bc1f","canonicalTitle":"PCゲームキーの販売ストア「DIRECT GAMES」にて不正アクセスによる会員情報の漏洩が発覚","representativeArticleId":"a_f9e6cf49283de1d8d93d78b8","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-28T06:45:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-28T06:45:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:33:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/28/174177.html","title":"PCゲームキーの販売ストア「DIRECT GAMES」にて不正アクセスによる会員情報の漏洩が発覚"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["H2 INTERACTIVE reported unauthorized third-party access to DIRECT GAMES, operated by its Japanese subsidiary H2INT Corporation.","The unauthorized access occurred between October 17 and October 18, 2026.","Leaked information includes member IDs (email addresses), encrypted login passwords, dates of birth, names, and order histories.","H2 INTERACTIVE says credit card numbers are not held by the company and were not leaked.","The company reported the incident to the Personal Information Protection Commission and asked all members to reset passwords."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":[],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}