{"id":61486,"date":"2026-06-17T18:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61486"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:34:02","slug":"nintendo-acknowledges-employee-data-at-risk-after-third-party-service-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61486","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Acknowledges Employee Data at Risk After Third-Party Service Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Nintendo has acknowledged a data breach that includes employee information, following a claim that the company&#8217;s own systems had been hacked. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In a statement, Nintendo said its own servers had not been impacted, but accepted that &#8220;an issue&#8221; had occurred with TinyPulse, a third-party service it used for employee surveys.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Posts on social media show self-styled &#8220;extortion as a service&#8221; group ShadowByt3$ demanding a $2 million ransom in a bid to stop it leaking the names, email, and bank records of Nintendo employees, as well as survey data, progress plans and details of the company&#8217;s top-performing staff.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"100. 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