Nintendo of America Employee Data Leaked via Third-Party Service
Employee-related data from Nintendo of America was leaked in a third-party cyberattack through the employee feedback service TINYpulse. The attacker claimed to have obtained about 1GB of data and demanded $2 million. The company confirmed the data theft while downplaying the severity of the damage.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Nintendo
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Employee-related data leaked; attacker claims about 1GB
- Cause / method
- Third-party cyberattack through the employee feedback service TINYpulse
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organization’s official website or app.
Timeline
- An attacker claiming to have stolen Nintendo data demanded $2 million.
- Nintendo of America confirmed the leak of employee-related data via TINYpulse and downplayed the severity of the damage.
- A figure of 859MB was given for the size of the stolen data.
4 related reports
- Nintendo Alleged Data Breach: Threat Actor Demands $2M Ransom
- Nintendo confirms data stolen via third-party cyberattack — but sadly no big secrets were revealed
- Nintendo Employee Data Breach via TinyPulse SaaS: WebMD Subsidiary Cyberattack Analysis and Third-Party Risk Insights
- Nintendo Data Breach: 859MB Stolen, $2M Ransom [2026]
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