Nintendo has addressed claims of a recent server breach by the hacking group Crimson Collective, stating that no development or business information was compromised.
In a statement provided to the Japanese newspaper The Sankei Shimbun, Nintendo indicated that any potential breach was minor and restricted to servers used primarily for hosting its websites.
The brief statement, provided below, notably does not reference this week's *other* major hacking incident dominating gaming news: the continued dissemination of development details related to the Pokémon franchise. This information originated from a confirmed breach of developer Game Freak's servers last year.
Nintendo had previously sought to identify those responsible for last year's so-called Teraleak of Pokémon information, which initially seemed limited to data on older projects. However, the company appears to have had limited success in tracking down the source. This week, a new batch of development details, which appears to outline The Pokémon Company's game release roadmap through at least 2030, has surfaced online, coinciding with the launch announcement for Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
Last week, Crimson Collective asserted it had infiltrated Nintendo's servers, and an image allegedly showing an extensive list of Nintendo development files circulated widely on social media. "We have not confirmed any leak of personal information, and there has been no leak of development or business information," Nintendo's statement clarifies.
IGN has reached out to Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for comment regarding the latest spread of information from the Teraleak but has not yet received a response.
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