Japanese video game publisher Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. has been targeted in a cyberattack that may have resulted in data theft.
The company, which publishes games such as “Pac-Man,” “Dragon Ball” and “Elden Ring,” is officially describing the attack as unauthorized access by a third party to internal systems of group companies in Asian regions excluding Japan. The company said that it had blocked access to servers to “prevent damage from spreading,” giving a hint of what form of cyberattack took place.
Typical data theft doesn’t result in “damage,” making the obvious candidate ransomware, which is what it appears to be. Bleeping Computer reported Wednesday that the BlackCat ransomware gang, also known as AlphV, claimed responsibility for the attack and said that it had also stolen corporate data.
AlphV/BlackCat was in the news in January when it took responsibility for a ransomware attack on Italian luxury fashion brand Moncler SpA. The gang was also in the news earlier this week when it started to offer the ability to search stolen data in an effort to have victims pay ransom demands.
Bandai Namco said that data stolen in the attack may have…
