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Bandai Namco Confirms Rumor of Servers Being Hacked

Rumors of Bandai Namco having its servers hacked have been confirmed by the company itself as they cite a third party acquired “unauthorized access”, with such incidents being more frequent lately as developers such as CD Projekt Red, Capcom, and Electronic Arts have all been subjected to such infiltration.

About a week ago, it was rumored that a ransomware group “ransomed Bandai Namco”, who alleged that they stole confidential information, and now Bandai Namco has confirmed this to be the case in a statement, and that customer information could have also been compromised:

“On July 3, 2022, Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. confirmed that it experienced an unauthorized access by third party to the internal systems of several Group companies in Asian regions (excluding Japan). After we confirmed the unauthorized access, we have taken measures such as blocking access to the servers to prevent the damage from spreading.

In addition, there is a possibility that customer information related to the Toys and Hobby Business in Asian regions (excluding Japan) was included in the servers and PCs, and we are currently identifying the status about existence of leakage, scope of the damage, and investigating the cause.

We will continue to investigate the cause of this incident and will disclose the investigation results as appropriate. We will also work with external organizations to strengthen security throughout the Group and take measures to prevent recurrence.

We offer our sincerest apologies to everyone involved for any complications or concerns caused by this incident.”

Ransomware is described as a form of “malicious software used by cybercriminals”, and is usually weaponized to extort money from those they infect with it, while also preventing them from accessing their own important files.

Rumors of Bandai Namco’s upcoming projects and titles will likely surface in large quantities in the future, with possibly some of the information being true due to the data leak.

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