17/10/2024
Writing
The parent company of the Pokémon digital games has suffered a serious cyber attack with data leak. A considerable amount of personal data of employees have appeared on the Internet, as well as extensive documentation about Pokémon, including the source code of full versions of previous games.
What is known so far about the cyberattack against Pokémon?
In a statement, Game Freak said the leak comes from a “unauthorized access to our servers by a third party” and apologized for the disclosure of more than 2,600 personal data fragmentary. The The breach would have occurred in August 2024 and the affected server has already been restored.
Game Freak explained that it is contacting each affected employee individually. «We already have the server reviewed and updated. We will do everything possible to prevent this episode from happening again, strengthening our security measures even more,” added the company spokesperson.
The very famous Pokémon video game series It is developed by the company software japanese Game Freakwith characters created by the toy company Creatures Inc and is distributed by the digital entertainment multinational Nintendo.
Information obtained in the leaked files began appearing online on October 12 and 13, and Game Freak’s confirmation appeared online on Sunday. However, the statement is dated Thursday, October 10. The notification addresses the gap of personal data of employeesbut does not mention the disclosure of confidential technical data of the game itself.
Cyberattacks and the sophistication of their tactics do not give up. It is alarming that the number of exploitation of security vulnerabilities to launch cyberattacks has tripled by 180 percent, including data breaches such as the one suffered by the Japanese company in the gaming industry.
