Written by Tom Regan, contributing editor for Game Developer, reports that Game Freak, developers of the Pokémon games have been victims to a large scale hack.

Th article reports that over 1TB of confidential data, such as the personal data of 2600 former and current employees as well as data regarding their games has been accessed by a third party. Game Freak reports that the data breach happened in August 2024, which has caused them to strengthen their cyber security. The data breach has also given the code name of the Nintendo Switch’s successor as well the code name for the tenth generation of the Pokémon series, the leaker also reportedly has access to the source code of the next two Pokémon games. Game Freak is currently trying to contact those who’s data has been accessed apologizing for those who have been affected by this data breach.

(Link to the article: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/pok-mon-developer-game-freak-has-been-targeted-in-massive-data-breach)