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An American hacker is sentenced to three years in prison for, among other things, stealing and disclosing information about the Nintendo Switch in 2016.
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American hacker Ryan Hernandez, who stole and released information from the upcoming Nintendo Switch in 2016, has been sentenced to 3 years in prison. That reports the US Department of Justice a message. In addition to stealing sensitive information from the Japanese company, Hernandez was also convicted of being in possession of child pornography. Earlier this year, Hernandez confessed and agreed to $ 259,323 in damages to Nintendo. With this he was able to obtain a shorter sentence.
Incredibly
In 2016, Hernandez went to work with a companion to obtain information from a Nintendo employee using phishing techniques. This allowed them to break into Nintendo’s servers and steal data. Some of the information they managed to get was data from the then up-and-coming console, the Nintendo Switch. The hacker then posted this information online and bragged a little too hard with it.
The hacker, who worked under the name RyanRocks, had already been reprimanded by the FBI in 2017 as a minor. This didn’t stop Hernandez, however, and in the years that followed he continued to steal and release information on Discord and Twitter, as well as his own chat forum called “Ryan’s Underground Hangout.” After a search by the FBI in 2019, it appeared that in addition to illegally obtained information about Nintendo, Hernandez was also in the possession of child pornography.
Not the first time
Nintendo has become a victim of sensitive information theft more often in recent years. In April of 2020, a fairly large amount of trusted data was stolen from one of the servers and then released in waves on various forums. Users eagerly went to work with this trusted source code to see which parts were originally cut from their favorite games, but often forgot that they were dealing with illegally obtained information. As many as 300,000 Nintendo e-shop accounts were affected by one in June cyber attack. The conviction will be received positively by Nintendo, which will undoubtedly want to send a signal.
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