A well-known hacker group claims to have attacked Nintendo and the company is silent for the moment

A hacker group known as Crimson Collective has claimed a cyberattack against Nintendo, making the Japanese giant its latest target. The group shared a screenshot that supposedly shows folders with internal company files, claiming to be in possession of sensitive data. However, at this time the information has not been able to be independently verified.

For now, Nintendo has not confirmed the gap security nor has it issued any official statement in this regard. This silence keeps the situation in the realm of speculation, although the threat should not be taken lightly. The Crimson Collective group has a history of recent and confirmed attacks, which justifies the high level of alert in the industry.

An extortion pattern that repeats itself, now at Nintendo

Crimson Collective’s credibility comes from its previous actions. Earlier this month, the group attacked software company Red Hat, extracting 570GB of data from its private GitHub repositories. That breach was confirmed by Red Hat itself shortly after the hackers claimed to have carried out extortion demands so as not to release the stolen information.

As wccftech indicates, If the attack against Nintendo is real, it is very likely that the group has followed the same pattern and contacted the company to demand payment. Cyberattacks on video game companies are becoming more frequent and their consequences can be devastating, as demonstrated by the massive attack on Insomniac Games in 2023, which resulted in the leak of unannounced projects and personal information of its employees. In all this context, AI comes in, with ChatGPT as a tool for social engineering and malware creation. Models can even be used to listen to users in unexpected ways.