Nintendo of America confirmed that threat actors stole survey data from its third-party TinyPulse service, while stressing that its own systems were not compromised and no customer or financial data was accessed. Shadowbyt3$ claimed responsibility for the theft, demanded a $2 million ransom, and alleged the leak included employee-related records and internal conversations. #Nintendo #NintendoofAmerica #TinyPulse #Shadowbyt3$
Keypoints
- Nintendo of America says its systems were not breached.
- The incident involved the third-party TinyPulse employee survey platform.
- Only internal survey content affecting a small subset of employees was confirmed by Nintendo.
- Shadowbyt3$ claimed it stole about 1GB of data and demanded $2 million.
- Nintendo said no customer or financial data was accessed and is working with the provider.