Game Freak, the renowned developer behind the popular Pokémon franchise, has recently experienced a major data breach where confidential documents related to Pokémon games have been leaked online. The breach revealed early design concepts, development tools, and even source codes of entire games. While Game Freak has acknowledged a security vulnerability that led to the leak affecting about 2,600 current and former employees' personal information, the authenticity of the leaked game-related data has not been confirmed
This incident, reminiscent of a similar scale data breach experienced by Nintendo in 2020, raises concerns about data security in the gaming industry and highlights the ongoing challenges faced by companies in safeguarding sensitive information. https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2024/10/14/game-freak-le-developpeur-de-pokemon-victime-d-un-important-vol-de-donnees_6351667_4408996.html