Game Freak has acknowledged that its servers suffered a big data breach and have issued a quick statement. The company says that the breach happened in August 2024 and that they have since taken steps to secure their servers and will strive to prevent a similar recurrence in the future. The company has also apologised to current and past employees whose personal data was leaked. You can read the full statement from Game Freak down below.
“Notice and apology regarding the leak of personal information following unauthorized access
Game Freak Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Satoshi Tajiri; hereinafter referred to as “our company”) has discovered that personal information of employees and others was leaked in connection with unauthorized access to our server by a third party in August 2024. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused to all involved.”1. Leaked personal information
Personal data regarding our employees, etc.
Items: Name, company email address
Number of items: 2,606,
*Our employees and contract workers (including former employees and ex-employees)2. Responses to individuals whose personal information has been leaked
We are contacting the affected employees individually. For those who cannot be contacted individually due to resignation or other reasons, we will notify them through this announcement and set up a contact point to respond to inquiries regarding this matter.3. Measures to prevent recurrence
We have already rebuilt and inspected the server, and will strive to prevent recurrence by further strengthening our security measures.4. Inquiries regarding this matter
If you are affected by this matter, please contact the following office for inquiries:
[Inquiry form]
Everyone gets hacked these days and it has becoming a huge issue to this day. I know Pokemon fans are always hungry for information.
It doesn’t seem like the hackers are going to release the most sensitive information aside all those…..folklore stories and beta content, so there’s nothing to worry about.
They’re still gonna pull some desperado shit though, be careful.
Slaking…why did you do it.
Is that a reference to the human x pokemon stories that were in the leak (including a Slakoth one)?
Yeah, that was pretty fucked up. All of them were but the slakoth one is the weirdest one
They already dox some of the devs.
Nothing to worry about? There are companies that buy personal and sensitive data from people. Perhaps the hackers are not interested in this information, but others could pay for it.
Desperado?
They have to be careful in the future.