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Silly Linux mistake exposes a terabyte of secret Pokémon data

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Game Freak, the developer behind your favorite Pokémon games, got hacked. A terabyte of data was leaked on internet, including employee data, source code for past games and the code name for Nintendo Switch 2.

Let's fiind out what it reveals about Nintendo's war against open-source Switch emulators like Yuzu and Ryujinx.

#programming #hack #thecodereport

Resources

Ryujinx taken down https://www.theverge.com/2024/....10/1/24259791/ninten
Typhlosion Lore https://www.forbes.com/sites/p....aultassi/2024/10/16/
Nintendo vs Switch Emulators https://youtu.be/A5s4uMI2Ri4
Linux 101 https://youtu.be/LKCVKw9CzFo

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