Square Enix: No Evidence Of Personal Data Theft In Square Enix Members Breach

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Yesterday, NHK reported that the personal information of 1.8 million users could have been stolen in the recent Square Enix Members security breach. That’s a pretty scary number when you consider that Square Enix Members only has 2.1 million users worldwide, but as it turns out, there may not be anything to worry about at all.

Once NHK’s report was live, Square Enix updated the statement that currently shows in the place of the Square Enix Members page, claiming that even though its still investigating the breach, things are looking good:

As a result of our continuing investigation into the unauthorized intrusion reported yesterday, Square Enix has now determined that user login credentials were not accessed. Moreover, we have not found evidence that the individual was able to access any personal information at all.

So, login credentials weren’t accessed and personal information probably wasn’t accessed either. We know that there wasn’t any credit card information stored on the server in question, so the possibility of credit card theft is non-existent as well. All in all, it sounds like things aren’t that bad, but we’ll have to wait until Square Enix can confidently say that no personal information of any kind was stolen before we can make the final call.

But if this attack wasn’t as devastating as we once thought, why the scary report for NHK yesterday? Joystiq got in touch with Square Enix, which said that the 1.8 million figure NHK represents the total number of Square Enix Members that could have been affected by the breach. We now know that this isn’t the case, but back when Square Enix didn’t know the extent of the damage, that was the best it could give us.

In any case, it looks like we can all calm down now, but it’s never a bad idea to monitor your important online accounts for changes that you didn’t approve anyway. Keep it tuned here at TFTS, and we’ll be sure to keep you informed on the status of Square Enix Members!