featNintendo might’ve just become the latest target of a hacking group — again. An X post by cybersecurity feed @H4ckmanac shows a screenshot allegedly shared by Crimson Collective. It claimed it managed to breach the company’s internal systems, gloating, “Who said we did not have nintendo topics file…?” This hacker group’s attack sparks speculation online that a new massive Nintendo server leak may be in the works.
Crimson Collective recently made headlines for infiltrating enterprise software company Red Hat, reportedly stealing 570 gigabytes of corporate data. And Nintendo is no stranger to cyberattacks either.
Back in 2020, the Kyoto-based developer confirmed that around 160,000 Nintendo Network IDs had been compromised, requiring users to reset their passwords. The same year, the infamous ‘Nintendo Gigaleak’ surfaced, spilling decades’ worth of internal game prototypes and source codes. The incident escalated into ‘Teraleak’ in 2024, during which even more classified development material was distributed all over the internet.
Nevertheless, some players are actually reacting positively to Crimson Collective’s claims shared by @H4ckmanac. After all, the company has been catching heat lately for its aggressive patent strikes against Palworld.
@shotgunner101 wrote, “This is the one time I’m like maybe it’s karma 🤣”
@StevePagano8 chimed in, “the perfect trilogy. The gigaleak, the teraleak, and now the PETALEAK”
@IsaacEclipse wishfully added, “please be real because it would be so funny if it happened twice.”
However, this latest breach may not be as severe as it sounds. The directories or folder names shown in Crimson Collective’s claim, like ‘nintendo-topics-cms-manual’ and ‘mail-assets,’ seem to refer to Nintendo’s homepage paths. These folder structures are typical of a content management system used for publishing posts rather than hosting code for developing games. That means, the hackers might’ve attacked only Nintendo’s website servers, not breached development assets — at least for now.
At the time of writing, Nintendo has not commented on the alleged hack. There are no reports of employees’ or consumers’ data being distributed as well. Until further proof emerges, this so-called breach’s damage appears to be very limited and won’t be another Teraleak.
