Spanish Business News

An unnamed Spaniard has allegedly managed to hack into Nintendo’s user database and extract details, with which he attempted to blackmail the company.

This story was reported on TypicallySpanish.com (spotted by Spong). The hacker managed to get hold of the personal details of around 4,000 Nintendo users, and then threatened to publish them online unless Nintendo stumped up some dosh.

When the gaming giant didn’t reply to his demands, he went ahead and published some of the details he had on the net (the hacker’s equivalent of sending a finger in the post, albeit considerably less grisly).

Furthermore, the man also threatened to report Nintendo to the Spanish data protection agency for its lax security.

Unsurprisingly, this all went pear-shaped, and he has now reportedly been located and arrested by the Spanish police.

Source: Tech Watch