- Jan 24, 2011
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Spanish police have arrested a man who is alleged to have attempted to blackmail videogame giant Nintendo after accessing the personal information of 4,000 gamers.
According to online sources, names, email address and postal codes were accessible via a security vulnerability on a website that Nintendo was using to promote its upcoming Nintendo 3DS console in 12 Spanish cities.
Nintendo's Spanish division is said to have contacted the authorities in early February, after the young man threatened to contact the Spanish Data Protection agency, believing that the firm had shown negligence in not securing the information more effectively.
Having not had any response, the man is said to have released a portion of the data on a gaming forum, and threatened to expose more details.
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According to online sources, names, email address and postal codes were accessible via a security vulnerability on a website that Nintendo was using to promote its upcoming Nintendo 3DS console in 12 Spanish cities.
Nintendo's Spanish division is said to have contacted the authorities in early February, after the young man threatened to contact the Spanish Data Protection agency, believing that the firm had shown negligence in not securing the information more effectively.
Having not had any response, the man is said to have released a portion of the data on a gaming forum, and threatened to expose more details.
More details - link
