Japanese police arrest Pokémon Sword and Shield hackerThe hacker generated Pokémon and charged a fee.
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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...
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Japanese police arrest Pokémon Sword and Shield hacker
