Konami Experiences Security Breach, Security Strengthened

Over 35,000 unauthorised logins to Konami ID have been detected

By Daniel Krupa JULY 12, 2013

Konami has become the latest high-profile target of a cyber attack.

Earlier this week the publisher detected 35,252 unauthorised logins to its Konami ID service from over 4 million attempts. The IDs and passwords appear to have been leaked from an external service provider, which has yet to be named.

In an official statement, the Japanese company revealed the attack took place over an extended period of time between Thursday, June 13th, 2013 and Sunday, July 7th, 2013. And Konami has stated that names, addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers and email addresses may have been exposed during the attack.

Measures have already been taken to block the IDs and Passwords used in the breach, and those users affected should have already been contacted by email. But the publisher is urging all users of the Konami ID service to reset their password.

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