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Game Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked (gbatemp.net)
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[–] 124 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In my head this is a retribution for financing hackers that attacked Internet Archive and nobody can convince me otherwise

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nintendo was responsible for that?

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  • [–] 59 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    It's like Lenin said, you look for the person who will benefit... And, uh... You know, you'll, uh... You know what I mean.

    The Dude

    „Who benefits the most” from attacking Internet Archive? Big copyright holders whose content was distributed via Internet Archive. The reason given by the group claiming responsibility is so silly I don’t believe it.

    [edit] I’ll add to this comment so that I don’t have to reply to everyone specifically.

    I don’t believe that if you wanted to attack USA (as people claiming responsibility did) you’d attack it in a way that benefits big corporations most. It sounds like a flimsy distraction from true perpetrators.

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  • [+] 71 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's what I'm seeing, unless a documented source eventually shows up.

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  • [+] -22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What was wild about this assumption?

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  • [+] -20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There’s motive and circumstances. Nintendo opened every possible front in the last year or so. Now this happens. Even if not related to IA specifically this definitely looks like retribution.

    Also, please read my first comment again. I think I made it clear it’s speculation.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can believe what you want, but there's absolutely no way you would be correct. Any large company sponsoring a cyber attack, if caught, would be nailed to the wall and made an example of. The extreme risks are simply not worth the comparatively small reward of reducing a tiny fraction of piracy.

    A more realistic and reasonable avenue would have been to sponsor the companies going after IA for copyright infringement as a result of them loaning out unlimited digital copies of books without DRM.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    This is a very valid point, yet companies do shady stuff all the time and some even get caught via subpoenas and such. Nintendo can do it in a way that will never be noticeable on their books for sure.

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