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[Resolved][Severity: Major][Intrusion]

GAME FREAK: unauthorized access to its server leaked names and work email addresses of 2,606 employees and contractors

A third party accessed its server in August, and names and work email addresses of 2,606 employees, contractors and former staff leaked.

Disclosed

2024-10-10

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. It announced the case. It said a third party accessed its server in August 2024 and that personal information of its staff had leaked in connection with it. It is contacting those concerned individually and notifying those it cannot reach, such as people who have left, through the announcement. It said the server had been rebuilt and re-inspected. [1] [2]

Impact

The data that leaked is names and work email addresses of 2,606 employees and contractors, including those who have left. [1]

Timeline

  1. Disclosed 2024-10-10
  2. 1 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Intrusion]
Impact
[Data leak]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

[Name][E-mail address][Employment]

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]不正アクセスによる個人情報漏えいに関するお知らせとお詫びGAME FREAK inc. · 2024-10-10
  2. [2][News]ゲームフリークに不正アクセス、従業者の個人情報が漏えいScanNetSecurity · 2024-10-24 08:05