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Title: Japanese police arrest Pokémon Sword and Shield hacker Post by: HCK on February 08, 2021, 04:05:19 pm Japanese police arrest Pokémon Sword and Shield hacker
The hacker generated Pokémon and charged a fee. What you need to know Japanese police arrested 23-year-old Kazuki Kawamatsu for violating the Japanese Unfair Competition Prevention Act. Kawamatsu generated Pokémon on his jailbroken Nintendo Switch on a made-to-order basis and charged a fee to send them to others. His profits amounted to just shy of $11,000 in less than one year. Media outlet Game Watch recently reported that a 23-year-old man named Kazuki Kawamatsu was arrested in Nagoya, Japan, according to a translated report by Siliconera. Kawamastu, who is unemployed, jailbroke his Nintendo Switch back in 2020 and offered a service in which he generated hacked Pokémon and charged a fee to distribute them to those who requested the digital monsters. Kawamatsu charged his patrons ¥500 (or $4.74 USD) per Pokémon, as well as charging an additional commission of ¥400 - ¥800 ($3.80 - $7.59 USD) to customers who wished to order more than 6 Pokémon at a time. His made-to-or... Source: Japanese police arrest Pokémon Sword and Shield hacker (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/t1reRh-ektE/pokemon-sword-and-shield-hacker-arrested-japan) |