A hacking group has threatened to release up to 10 years of allegedly stolen internal data from Nintendo unless the Japanese video game giant pays a $2 million ransom, in what researchers say could represent a significant corporate cyber extortion attempt.
The hackers, who call themselves ShadowByte$, claimed in an online forum that they had accessed sensitive company material spanning a decade of operations, warning Nintendo to respond within a strict deadline or risk the information being leaked publicly.
