Breach

Such a development comes months after National Public Data admitted the exposure of a database stolen from a December 2023 breach beginning in April, which was then followed by civil penalties being sought by over 20 states as well as potential fines from the Federal Trade Commission.

Investigation into the incident revealed the exfiltration of personal data from Casio and its affiliates' permanent and temporary employees, business partners, customers, and interviewed prospects for employment, as well as contracts with business partners.

Aside from the names and contact information of 2,606 Game Freak employees and contractors, such data exposure also revealed internal files, concept art, and other development documents from over 25 years ago, including designs from Pokemon Black and White, source patch files for Pokemon Black and White 2, and Pokemon Go test build assets.

Major U.S. telecommunications firms AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies have been urged by House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders to provide more information on their response to Chinese state-backed threat operation Salt Typhoon's successful infiltration of their networks for wiretap warrant request compromise.

Such an intrusion was claimed to have resulted in the exfiltration of troves of data, with Underground exposing confidential, financial, and legal documents, employees' personal and payroll data, non-disclosure agreements, patent and project information, and incident reports purportedly stolen from Casio's systems on its extortion portal.

Fidelity maintains that there’s no indication of a ransomware incident – and that no funds were stolen.

Such breaches, which were pinned on the dismal security measures of Marriott and subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts, resulted in the exfiltration of individuals' email addresses, birthdates, and other personal details, as well as their passport information, loyalty numbers, and payment card numbers.

Included in the 6.4 GB SQL database were Internet Archive members' email addresses, usernames, Bcrypt-hashed passwords and password change timestamps, as well as other internal details as recent as September 28, when the attack was believed to have taken place.