Japanese gaming company fell victim to cyber-attack in November 2020 An investigation into a ransomware attack on Japanese video game developer Capcom has determined that malicious hackers gained access via an outdated virtual private network (VPN). The attack, as previously reported by The Daily Swig, happened in November 2020, when malicious hackers knocked email and file servers offline. An investigation conducted by an independent third party has since determined that the unknown actors gained access to networks in both the US and Japan by exploiting the VPN service, which Capcom said was still in use due to Covid-19 “burdens”. The post-mortem report, released today (April 13), stated that the VPN was used by staff from the developer’s North American subsidiary, Capcom USA, Inc.