Nintendo requests discord subpoena to track users after last year's Pokemon “Teraleak”

Nintendo demanded a subpoena from a California court, which, if awarded, would force Discord to provide it with information about the identity of the person behind the massive Pokemon leak last year, called “Freakleak” or “Teraleak.”

According to court documents See and report through polygonsNintendo requires the court order to fail to comply with the order to claim a name, address, phone number and email address, called “GameFreakout”. Last October, GameFreakout allegedly released content, including copyrighted artworks, characters, source code and other Pokemon-related materials called “Freakleak”, which have since been widely distributed on the internet.

Although not confirmed, the material may have been obtained in August's data breach Disclosed for the next October. Each game freak, data breach includes 2,606 cases of access to current, previous and contract employees’ names. Strangely, the leaked file appeared online from October 12, and the Gaming Freak’s statement appeared online the next day, but it has been traced back to October 10, and there is no mention of confidential company materials other than employee information.

Leaked materials include Many unnotified itemsas well as early builds of cuts and other background information and other Pokemon games. It is worth noting that the leak reveals the Pokemon Championship, the upcoming Pokemon game with a focus on combat Official announcement of the game in February. It also contains information about the upcoming Pokemon Legends: ZA, which has since been proven to be correct, as well as unproven information about the next generation of Pokemon, source code for various DS Pokemon titles, satisfying the summary, and removing Lore:Arceus:Arceus and other games from Pokemon Legend.

Nintendo has not filed a lawsuit against hackers or leakers, but given the subpoena it seems that Nintendo may be trying to find the person in charge, hopes to do so. Nintendo has always been right in history Piracy arrive Patent infringementso if the subpoena is granted, it may only be a matter of time.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior journalist at IGN. You can find her post on bluesky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Is there a story tip? Send it to [email protected].