Data Breach Notification 2023

8/4/2023 3:12:28 PM

Dear CABAL: Return of Action Players,

ESTsoft Inc. is taking steps to notify its users of a recent breach of users email address data. On August, 3rd 2023 we experienced an email address leak wherein roughly 1,130 email addresses were erroneously provided to our users who signed up to participate in our Pre-Registration for our new title CABAL: Return of Action. We will be contacting you via email if you were affected. 

What Happened and who was involved?
On August, 3rd 2023 we experienced a system error where 1,130 email addresses for our Closed Beta campaign participants were provided to one of our inactive mailing lists. Other than email address, no other such user information was leaked at this time.

If you received an email notifying you of this event, it means that your email address was one of the email addresses affected with this incident. If you did not receive this email, you were not affected.

What are we doing
We are adding measures to protect our users from misuse of this information on our own website. As well as evaluating our internal procedures to improve security and prevent similar incidents from happening again. We already have a policy of keeping as little data as possible and we will continue to look for new ways to minimize our data collection. As always, you have the right to request to access or delete the data we store at any time. For all affected users, you can reach out to us at [email protected] to exercise this right at any time.

Report Misuse of Data
The Federal Trade Commission encourages those who discover that their information has been misused to file a complaint with them.

California Residents:

- Visit the California Office of Privacy Protection, for additional information on protection against identity theft.

Maryland Residents:

- Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Consumer Protection Division 200 St. Paul Place Baltimore, MD 21202, (888) 743-0023.

Oregon Residents:

- Oregon Department of Justice, 1162 Court Street NE, Salem, OR 97301-4096; (877) 877-9392.

All US Residents:

- Identity Theft Clearinghouse, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580, 1-877-IDTHEFT (438-4338)

For More Information
If you have any questions or concerns, or would like to exercise your right to be forgotten,you can reach out to us at [email protected] to exercise this right at any time.

We apologize again for any inconvenience or concern that this incident may have caused you, and will notify you of any significant developments moving forward. We appreciate your patience and understanding, and thank you for playing with us so far.

The ESTsoft Inc. Team