Hacking group Crimson Collective made bold claims to have hacked Nintendo last week, providing screenshots of internal files as proof. Despite that evidence, Nintendo has now released a statement in response to the claims, assuring users that there is nothing to worry about.
In a statement issued to Sankei, Nintendo confirmed that while there may have been a small hack of some detail, it was not one that would affect any personal information the company holds on its users and customers. Nor is it something that results in leaks of inside information about upcoming projects, as was the case with Game Freak again last week.
Second time in 12 months.
Nintendo plays down Crimson Collective's hacking claims
“We have not confirmed any leaks of personal information, and there have been no leaks of development or business information,” Nintendo's statement read. It added that some of the external servers that display the Nintendo website were “corrupted”, but that's about it. It's surprising that it would use that exact wording, as it has threatened to do in recent horror flick Crimson Collective.
Hopefully, Nintendo is telling the truth and not trying to downplay what's really going on, because the group that claims to have breached Nintendo's perimeter has a proven track record of being able to find their way into the backends of large companies, and potentially share, files that aren't meant for public consumption.
The Crimson Collective is the same group behind the infamous Red Hat hack earlier this month. The hacking group claimed to have stolen 570GB of client data and approached Red Hat with a list of demands, allegedly threatening to release the stolen data if those demands were not met.
While Red Hat confirmed the breach was legitimate, its statement included confirmation it was in contact with the appropriate authorities. Nintendo's statement doesn't say anything of the sort, so hopefully the Crimson Collective doesn't really make the video game company's attempt to break the digital barrier any further than a few distorted web pages.
As mentioned above, the same cannot be said for Game Freak. Almost a year after its last big leak, more information about what the studio has planned for the future of Pokemon games has found its way out into the world long before Game Freak was ready to share. We now see what are called the Gen 10 games of Pokemon, and one of the series' most legendary directors was banned from directing the mainline Pokemon games a decade ago.
