News Rumours Nintendo Leaks Hacker Group Steals Nintendo Employee Data, Posts $2 Million Ransom Update: "We are working with the service provider to address the issue," says NOA by Gavin Lane Tue 16th Jun 2026 Share: Image: Alex Olney / Nintendo Life Update [ Tue 16th Jun 2026, 7:15pm ]: Nintendo of America has responded to the claimed data breach, confirming a loss "limited to internal survey content comprising a small subset of our employees," and stating that "most of the information dates back several years." Here's the full statement, as provided to us by NOA: We are aware of an issue involving TinyPulse, a third-party service used for internal employee surveys at Nintendo of America. Nintendoโs systems have not been compromised, and no personal customer or financial data has been accessed. The data involved is limited to internal survey content comprising a small subset of our employees, and most of the information dates back several years. We appreciate our employeesโ willingness to share their perspectives, take all feedback seriously, and take action when needed. We are working with the service provider to address the issue. Original Story: An as-yet-unverified data breach may have affected Nintendo, according to a claim made by hacking group ShadowByt3$.
As reported by Technadu (via, Nintendo Everything ), this alleged breach occurred on 13th June, with the group giving Nintendo until 15th June (today) to respond. ShadowByt3$ claims to have accessed 859MB of Nintendo employee data, including full names of employees, bank statements, employee IDs and reports, analytics, and more. ๐จCyber Alert โผ๏ธ ๐ฏ๐ตJapan - ๐ก๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ SHADOWBYT3$ claims to have breached Nintendo, allegedly stealing approximately 859 MB of data from TINYpulse systems. The claimed dataset includes employee names, email addresses, surveys, analytics reports, bank statement PDFs, W-9 forms, workplace feedback, etc.
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/hacker-group-claims-to-have-stolen-nintendo-data-posts-usd2-million-ransom
As reported by Technadu (via, Nintendo Everything ), this alleged breach occurred on 13th June, with the group giving Nintendo until 15th June (today) to respond. ShadowByt3$ claims to have accessed 859MB of Nintendo employee data, including full names of employees, bank statements, employee IDs and reports, analytics, and more. ๐จCyber Alert โผ๏ธ ๐ฏ๐ตJapan - ๐ก๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ SHADOWBYT3$ claims to have breached Nintendo, allegedly stealing approximately 859 MB of data from TINYpulse systems. The claimed dataset includes employee names, email addresses, surveys, analytics reports, bank statement PDFs, W-9 forms, workplace feedback, etc.
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/hacker-group-claims-to-have-stolen-nintendo-data-posts-usd2-million-ransom