ShadowByt3$ Claims Nintendo Data Theft and Demands $2 Million
Summary
ShadowByt3$ claims it stole 859MB of Nintendo[.]com data, including employee and payment-related records, and demands $2 million to prevent publication by June 15, 2026. The claim is unconfirmed.
Key points
- ShadowByt3$ claims to have stolen about 859MB of data associated with Nintendo Company in Japan.
- The group alleges the data includes employee information, analytics, surveys, reports, bank statements, and payment documents.
- The actor demands $2 million and threatens publication, setting a final leak deadline of June 15, 2026.
- The post attributes the claim to ShadowByt3$ and says it is monitored by ransomware.live.
- The article states that the claims have not been independently confirmed.
Article Details
- Victim
- Nintendo Company
- Victim Domain
- Nintendo.com
- Claim Date
- 2026-06-12
- Encryption Status
- Unknown; no encryption claim is reported.
- Exfiltration Status
- ShadowByt3$ claims data theft; the source says the claim is unverified.
- Exfiltrated Data
- The group claims the data includes employee personal and engagement-related information, analytics, surveys and reports, exported bank/payment PDFs, W-9 forms, employee IDs, and other employee-related records.
- Exfiltrated Size
- 859.0MB (claimed)
- Ransom Demand
- $2 million (claimed by ShadowByt3$)
- Leak Status
- Publication threatened by June 15, 2026; the source does not confirm that data was published.