{"id":653374,"date":"2026-03-30T16:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/elden-ring-publisher-bandai-namco-confirms-it-was-hacked-investigating-potential-customer-information-leak"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:13:50","slug":"elden-ring-publisher-bandai-namco-confirms-it-was-hacked-investigating-potential-customer-information-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/elden-ring-publisher-bandai-namco-confirms-it-was-hacked-investigating-potential-customer-information-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco confirms it was hacked, &#8220;investigating&#8221; potential customer information leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/elden-ring-publisher-bandai-namco-confirms-it-was-hacked-investigating-potential-customer-information-leak.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nBandai Namco has confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/elden-ring-publisher-bandai-namco-reportedly-hit-by-ransomware-attack\">yesterday&#8217;s report it was targeted by hackers<\/a>, and admitted that confidential information was accessed on its servers. <\/p>\n<p>\nThere is &#8220;a possibility&#8221; this includes customer information, the publisher admitted today in a statement passed to Eurogamer. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe publisher of Dark Souls, Elden Ring and Soulcalibur is now &#8220;currently identifying the status about existence of leakage, scope of the damage, and investigating the cause,&#8221; it wrote. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/elden-ring-publisher-bandai-namco-confirms-it-was-hacked-investigating-potential-customer-information-leak\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/elden-ring-publisher-bandai-namco-confirms-it-was-hacked-investigating-potential-customer-information-leak\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandai Namco has confirmed yesterday&#8217;s report it was targeted by hackers, and admitted that confidential information was accessed on its servers. 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