Pokemon dev Game Freak confirms breach after stolen data leaks online

Share:

Japanese video game developer Game Freak has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack in August after source code and game designs for unpublished games were leaked online.

Game Freak is best known for being the co-owner and the primary developing studio of the Pokémon series video game, which started in 1996 with the Pokémon Red and Blue for Nintendo Game Boy.

The gaming studio has since released multiple titles in the Pokémon series for various Nintendo platforms like the 3DS, Switch, and iOS and Android (Pokémon Quest).

Over the weekend, various leak sites and channels on Discord, Reddit, and X began posting screenshots of source code and development builds of upcoming Pokémon games developed by Game Freak.

While Game Freak has not acknowledged the leak of this game data, it did confirm that the personal information of its workforce, contractors, and former employees, including retirees and former business associates was stolen.

“Game Freak Inc. announces that in August 2024, unauthorized access to our servers by a third party occurred, resulting in a leak of our employees’ personal information,” reads the machine-translated notice.

“We deeply apologize for any inconvenience and concern this may have caused to all concerned parties.”

The leaked information includes full names and company email addresses, which lessens the risk for those involved, limiting it to phishing and targeted brute-forcing attacks.

Those determined to have been impacted by the incident will be contacted individually, but Game Freak published the notice on its site as not everyone can be reached.

It is presumed that Pokémon player data has not been impacted, as Game Freak states its detailed investigation of the breached servers has been concluded, and security measures to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future were implemented.

Earlier this month, Canadian video game developer Red Barrels warned its community of players that a cyberattack would likely cause development delays on patches and additional content for existing Outlast games and upcoming titles.

The attack was later claimed by the Nitrogen ransomware group, who claimed to have stolen 1.8 TB of confidential data from Red Barrels.

As of writing this, no threat actors have claimed responsibility for the attack on Game Freak.

Bill Toulas

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

loader-image
London, GB
3:09 am, Feb 28, 2025
weather icon 1°C
L: -0° | H: 3°
clear sky
Humidity: 90 %
Pressure: 1027 mb
Wind: 3 mph NNE
Wind Gust: 5 mph
UV Index: 0
Precipitation: 0 mm
Clouds: 0%
Rain Chance: 0%
Visibility: 10 km
Sunrise: 6:47 am
Sunset: 5:38 pm
DailyHourly
Daily ForecastHourly Forecast
Today 9:00 pm
weather icon
-0° | 3°°C 0 mm 0% 4 mph 86 % 1031 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 9:00 pm
weather icon
3° | 10°°C 0 mm 0% 4 mph 87 % 1036 mb 0 mm/h
Sun Mar 02 9:00 pm
weather icon
4° | 10°°C 0 mm 0% 3 mph 73 % 1036 mb 0 mm/h
Mon Mar 03 9:00 pm
weather icon
3° | 11°°C 0 mm 0% 3 mph 76 % 1032 mb 0 mm/h
Tue Mar 04 9:00 pm
weather icon
4° | 12°°C 0 mm 0% 5 mph 87 % 1029 mb 0 mm/h
Today 6:00 am
weather icon
1° | 3°°C 0 mm 0% 3 mph 86 % 1027 mb 0 mm/h
Today 9:00 am
weather icon
3° | 5°°C 0 mm 0% 2 mph 77 % 1029 mb 0 mm/h
Today 12:00 pm
weather icon
8° | 8°°C 0 mm 0% 3 mph 57 % 1030 mb 0 mm/h
Today 3:00 pm
weather icon
9° | 9°°C 0 mm 0% 4 mph 45 % 1029 mb 0 mm/h
Today 6:00 pm
weather icon
7° | 7°°C 0 mm 0% 4 mph 56 % 1030 mb 0 mm/h
Today 9:00 pm
weather icon
6° | 6°°C 0 mm 0% 3 mph 67 % 1031 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 12:00 am
weather icon
4° | 4°°C 0 mm 0% 3 mph 79 % 1031 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 3:00 am
weather icon
4° | 4°°C 0 mm 0% 3 mph 86 % 1032 mb 0 mm/h
Name Price24H (%)
Bitcoin(BTC)
€77,540.58
-4.34%
Ethereum(ETH)
€2,082.62
-6.94%
Tether(USDT)
€0.96
0.03%
XRP(XRP)
€1.98
-5.26%
Solana(SOL)
€124.72
-4.43%
USDC(USDC)
€0.96
-0.01%
Dogecoin(DOGE)
€0.186080
-4.90%
Shiba Inu(SHIB)
€0.000013
-4.63%
Pepe(PEPE)
€0.000008
-7.48%