Hack of Pokémon developer leaks massive trove of internal game materials
It emerged in October 2024 that a Pokémon developer had suffered a large-scale hack and data leak. The leak, dubbed the Teraleak, included decades of internal game materials. Content on leaked games and Mega Evolutions cut during development was also revealed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Leak of decades of internal Pokémon game materials
- Cause / method
- External hacking
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- A large-scale hack related to Pokémon was reported.
- A massive data leak from a Pokémon developer became known as the Teraleak.
- The contents of leaked Pokémon games were revealed.
- It emerged that the leaked materials included decades of internal game information and content on cut Mega Evolutions.
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