Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-03-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: NIS America
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Japanese gaming developer Nippon Ichi Software reveals that its American arm, NIS America, has suffered a major data breach compromising the personal and financial data of online customers. The breach, due to malware implanted in the checkout page, took place sometime between January 23 and February 26.