Nintendo confirms data stolen via third-party cyberattack — but sadly no big secrets were revealed
- Shadowbyt3$ claims Nintendo of America breach, stealing ~1GB of employee data from TinyPulse survey platform and demanding $2M ransom
- Nintendo confirmed third‑party TinyPulse compromise, stressing no customer or financial data affected and most info dated years back
- Hackers later leaked alleged employee messages; authenticity unverified, suggesting failed negotiations or pressure tactics
Nintendo of America has confirmed suffering a third-party data breach incident, but played down its severity.
An “extortion-as-a-service” hacking group called Shadowbyt3$ recently claimed to have breached Nintendo of America, a subsidiary of the Japanese gaming giant, operating in the United States, Canada, and some Latin America countries, and exfiltrated sensitive data on its employees.
The crooks said they stole almost 1GB of internal data, which included personal details belonging to the company’s employees, and gave Nintendo of America 48 hours to engage in negotiations before leaking the files and demanded $2 million in ransom.
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