Pokemon developer Game Freak has confirmed that it has suffered a massive data breach that saw hackers steal personally identifiable information of thousands of people, among other sensitive materials. The Japanese studio acknowledged the hack after some Pokemon-related data stolen as part of the breach started leaking online.
While information about Pokemon projects has a tendency to leak on occasion, there has been an uptick in such activity since the beginning of October 2024. Most recently, some new alleged details about the Gen 10 games and an unannounced Pokemon multiplayer title have surfaced online, in addition to other internal materials. The sheer volume of the info dump saw some fans dub it the "Teraleak," in reference to its gargantuan size.
A new leak seems to have teased Pokemon Legends: Z-A's starters, but there may be more to it than meets the eye.
Ahead of the latest round of these leaks, Game Freak issued a statement confirming that it had suffered a significant data breach after a malicious party gained unauthorized access to one of its servers. Although the majority of the data compromised as part of the attack only started surfacing online in October, the security breach happened...
