Japanese Game publishing giant Bandai Namco confirms hack after BlackCat ransomware data leak posting

On Wednesday 13th of July 2022, the Japanese Game publishing giant Bandai Namco confirmed that they experienced a cyberattack on Sunday 3rd of July 2022 where the threat actors breached internal systems for offices in Asian regions, other than Japan. Bandai Namco also stated there is a possibility that customer information has been stolen by the threat actors.

On Monday 11th of July 2022, the BlackCat ransomware operation claimed that they had breached Bandai Namco and stolen corporate data during the attack. Even though Bandai Namco did not provide any technical details describing the type of attack, the type of cyberattack which Bandai Namco suffered was likely a ransomware attack. At this current, the BlackCat ransomware operation has not released any of the allegedly stolen data from the attack against Bandai Namco. Bandai Namco has confirmed they are investigating the cause of this incident and are working with external organizations to strengthen security.