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Nintendo Refuses To Pay $2 Million Hacker Ransom

Over the weekend, "extortion as a service group" ShadowByt3$ claimed to have breached an employee feedback platform known as 'TinyPulse' to acquire private Nintendo data, which it attempted to ransom for $2 million, threatening to leak private conversations, emails, and bank details otherwise. Nintendo refused to pay.

Over the weekend, "extortion as a service group" ShadowByt3$ claimed to have breached an employee feedback platform known as 'TinyPulse' to acquire private Nintendo data, which it attempted to ransom for $2 million, threatening to leak private conversations, emails, and bank details otherwise. Nintendo refused to pay.

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