Nintendo calls alleged TinyPulse employee data leak 'limited and old' after $2M ransom threat
A hacker group calling itself ShadowBytes says it stole Nintendo employee data from TinyPulse and is demanding a $2 million ransom. Nintendo of America says the issue involves TinyPulse but describes the data as limited and old.
A self‑proclaimed “extortion as a service” group called ShadowBytes claims it has obtained Nintendo employee data and is threatening to publish it unless the company pays $2 million. The group says the haul—reportedly about 859 MB—includes names, email addresses, surveys, analytics, bank statement PDFs and private messages, and says the data came from employee feedback platform TinyPulse. ShadowBytes warned TinyPulse to pay after Nintendo allegedly “decided to not pay.”
Nintendo of America told Kotaku it is “aware of an issue involving TinyPulse, a third‑party service used for internal employee surveys” and sought to downplay the incident, saying the data breach was limited and old.
