Gaming firm Razer awarded S$8.7 million in damages after lawsuit against Capgemini

SINGAPORE: Gaming firm Razer was awarded $6.5 million S $8.7 million in damages by the High Court on Friday after winning a lawsuit against IT vendor Capgemini over a data leak.

The data leak in 2020 involved personal information, as well as order and shipping details, of about 100,000 Razer customers.

It was made headlines after security consultant Bob Diachenko discovered the breach and posted a LinkedIn article about it on Sep 10, 2020.

In the same year, Razer sued Capgemini over the breach, claiming $7 million S $9.85 million in losses.

Razer, co-founded by Singaporean Tan Min-Liang, has its headquarters in Singapore and California.

The damages paid to the company included a $6.1 million loss of profits from Razer's e-commerce platform.

It included US $320,400 for engaging a law firm, US $60,000 for paying an information technology forensic expert to investigate the matter, as well as US $2,000 for Mr Diachenko to find out the leak.

The company was not awarded $50,000 for loss of profits arising from a rejection of a digital bank licence application, and another S $50,000 in time and expenses by management and staff.